Volunteers bringing historic South Tampa park back to life

Volunteers bringing historic South Tampa park back to life

Even though it sits in one of Tampas most prestigious neighborhoods, Fred Ball Park was in bad shape.I used to bike Bayshore all the time, and it seemed like why is this park so rundown, said Traci Riley with the Tampa Garden Club.Riley said this is where South Tampa started.Because Thomas Palmer plotted this land and sold it for $100, she said.The natural spring here was turned into a Venetian-style pool that people flocked to.But after years o…