More than 200 men, women, and children from throughout the Franklin county community attended Friday’s grand opening held at the former Apalachicola high school campus, which now serves as the city’s new Recreation & Community Services Complex. 
There were loads of kid’s activities, games, demonstrations, free food, tours of Project Impact and live entertainment as the city breathed new life into the abandon campus, closed two years ago due to the opening of the new consolidated school in Eastpoint.Highlighting the entertainment and to the delight of the crowd were the famed FAMU Strikers All-Star male dance crew, which preformed on both the inside and outside stage.
The Eastpoint Church of God’s drama team, performed their renowned Christian skit titled, “Shouting John” and Jeanette Taylor’s Zumba class swaggered to some high paced Latin tunes, while Abby Harrison a local up and coming teen singer belted out a couple of Miley Cyrus’s hits.
Other entertainment included Kimberly Harrington; the first local female country rapper out of Carrabelle who performed her new hit single Bass Pro Shop. It has been reported that during the past few weeks, Bass Pro Shop has been the most requested single on local Country radio station WOCY 106.5FM, surpassing the 17-year run of Billy Ray Cyrus’s Achy Breaky Heart.
City commissioners were also recognized and commended for their role in accepting and transforming the old campus into a safe gathering place for Apalachicola’s youth and Betty Taylor-Webb, city administrator for embracing the concept and making it happen.
According the city commissioner Valentina Webb, the city of Apalachicola went outside the box with the festivities surrounding the grand opening.
Photos courtesy of Cindy Summerhill
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