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Mendota playground delayed again — fourth wrong shipment from supplier · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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Speaker 1: Mendota playground delayed again fourth wrong shipment from supplier. Written
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Speaker 1: by Matthias Warner. This article is being read by an
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Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlet. Mendota's new playground
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Speaker 1: sits empty again. Game Time ship the wrong equipment for
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Speaker 1: the fourth time, forcing the city to demand refunds. Monday night,
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Speaker 1: they still did not send the right equipment. Project director
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Speaker 1: Annie Short said they have failed the city of Mendota
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Speaker 1: by leaving us with no playground for four months. The
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Speaker 1: company game Time, an Alabama based supplier, shipped the incorrect
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Speaker 1: equipment for the fourth time as the city looked to
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Speaker 1: upgrade the equipment at the playground. We are asking for
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Speaker 1: some kind of refund and I gave them some options,
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Speaker 1: Short said. I already heard back from them and they
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Speaker 1: said that they're looking into it. Short said there is
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Speaker 1: no timetable for the next shipment of equipment from the company,
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Speaker 1: but she hopes that the renovations can be completed by
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Speaker 1: the end of August, along with other upgrades to the park.
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Speaker 1: They understand why we're upset. What that means in terms
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Speaker 1: of what they're giving us, I'm not sure yet, Short said.
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Speaker 1: They will be doing something for us. Along with the
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Speaker 1: playground equipment upgrades to Strauss Park that cause it to
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Speaker 1: be closed down for the time being, are part of
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Speaker 1: an open space land Acquisitions and Development grant previously secured
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Speaker 1: by the city