Vasquez previously served as assistant city manager and planning and development.
The new park, being called Levee Park, will take over an acre along the water. It will include a children’s play area, a stage, new trails and a boardwalk going over the river.
Trees, branches, and limbs littered the streets, and the hum of chainsaws filled the air on Wednesday morning as families began the arduous clean-up efforts.
Parts of Jackson County were under a Tornado Warning on the afternoon of June 3, 2025.
