Historical April 1998 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The playground project continues to move forward.
If you missed the notice in the last paper, the playground committee has been reactivated and is working to complete the playground planned but not funded in 1995 and to be installed next to Four Corners Park, at the site of the current parking lot.
The street remains available for parking along DesPeres (in case you were wondering).
We had construction drawings made, and have received bids for the project. Our budget is $66,333 plus a one-time assessment for a maintenance fund by the Parks Department.
The project includes removing the asphalt, installing a concrete path, playground equipment, an iron fence around the site, and landscaping the lot.
A copy of the drawing (in detail) and the specs are available at the Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council office, if you are interested in seeing the plans. Our next major task is to find funding for the work. Grants are being written and submitted. Many funders require matching funds or a “challenge” grant and so we will be coming to the community for support.
The playground committee will next meet on April 22 at 7:00 p.m. at the Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council office.
We will discuss the community fundraising component of the project.
If you would be interested in helping raise funds for the playground, please feel free to come to the meeting.
If you have any suggestions for grant-giving sources of funding please call Laure Porterfield at 862-5122 or Katrina Stierholz 863-0965 with your idea.
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Proposed neighborhood playground construction drawing,not a completed playground.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April 1998.
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