The Cedar Park Project, an all-volunteer effort by Lake City residents and members of the Cedar Park Arts Center to build a neighborhood park, recently received a $500 grant from GTE, thanks to an assist from the Phinney Neighborhood Association.

Cedar Park Project chairperson Anne Paisley and volunteer Jim Corcoran, traveled to Everett last month to receive the grant check from GTE's regional president Eileen Odum.

Corcoran, a GTE employee who lives in Lake City, persuaded the Phinney Neighborhood Association to agree to act an umbrella organization for the Cedar Park Project, thus providing it with the nonprofit status needed to be eligible for the Volunteer Initiative Program (VIP) grant from GTE.

The Cedar Park grant is just one of several that GTE has awarded this year. The grants are funded through the GTE Foundation, the company's worldwide philanthropic organization.

Other GTE VIP Grant Recipients in King County include the American Cancer Society, Pacific Northwest Swimming Association, Family Resource Center, Community Service for the Blind, Washington State Korean Association and Crisis Clinic.

The two-acre Cedar Park Project, located at the corner of Northeast 135th Street and 37th Avenue NE, is scheduled to have its grand opening this summer.

For more information, call Anne Paisley at 365-1032.