Common Ground retreat center in Oberlin is in the running for a $250,000 grant to replace an old pool with a “splash park,” and community members can vote online and by text to help them win.

Voting started today and lasts all month for the Pepsi Refresh Project grant.

View and vote for the proposal at www.RefreshEverything.com/WaterWorksAtCommonGround.

Listen to Common Ground’s Rick Grahovac talk about the spray park proposal with WEOL morning show host Jeff Thomas:

Each person can vote once a day online. Additionally, each person can vote once more a day by texting 102532 to Pepsi (73774).

The Common Ground project is currently ranked 60th, up from about 90th yesterday. The top two vote-getters get grants.

To help spread the word and encourage others to vote, Common Ground has launched a Vote and Pass it On Contest. Participants have the opportunity to win one of four iPads.

Participants of the Vote and Pass It On Contest must become a Facebook fan of Common Ground WaterWorks. To enter for an iPad, vote and post a status update about it to your profile. Then post a message of support to the Common Ground WaterWorks fan page.