Cahaba Heights Park officially opens

The new Cahaba Heights Park held a ribbon cutting and first pitch ceremony on Friday, Aug. 14.

The park, part of the Community Spaces Plan, features four ballfields, a new field house for concessions, an inclusive playground and batting cages, and in the future, will host a dog park and the new New Merkel House.

The short ceremony narrowly avoided bad weather and was well attended, said the city's communications director, Cinnamon McCulley. Children threw out a first pitch to each of the city's four Council members and Mayor Ashley Curry, and there were food trucks on hand to provide dinner for the crowd.

The park is located at 4401 Dolly Ridge Road.

To see more photos from the ceremony click here.