Barbara Antonsen Memorial Park at Posse Grounds Park.

As recently reported in the Red Rock Newspaper:

The two-acre park, commemorating the late Barbara Antonsen's efforts to preserve approximately nine acres of Posse Grounds for public use, will provide a new venue for local and regional artists to perform.

The new plans also incorporate environmentally sustainable design concepts while providing shade for up to 300 spectators and protection from wind, rain and sun for the performers.

New acoustical containment measures will guarantee better sound for the audience and performers while reducing the amount of sound leaking into surrounding neighborhoods.

The performance shell will be "pleasing to the eye, integrated with its surroundings, as well as functional and pleasing to use," according to a Friends of the Posse Grounds press release.

No one on City Council stood in opposition to the proposal.

Council members only asked questions, such as where exactly on the two-acre site the structure will be placed.

That and other questions will be answered when the Crandall Design Group, of Mesa, is hired to begin building, O'Callaghan said.

So far, the Friends have raised at least one-third of the $600,000 goal, according to O'Callaghan.