BAIRD, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - The Baird community is rejoicing after a group of Baird High School students went above and beyond to make the town a little brighter.

Brooklynn Manasco, P.J. Luper, Kendell Miller and Kyera Byars are members of the Texas Midwest Community Network, which serves in developing a wide variety of community projects throughout west-central Texas. As part of a yearly project, these students elected to convert a vacant lot in the downtown Baird area into a small community park with a play area reserved for a local daycare that is located on the same block.

Student Kendell Miller commented on the state of the lot when their work began.

"It was hard work. It had been vacant for 30 years, and there were tree limbs, grass, and dirt growing out of the ground. It was a mes

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