Because of the environmentally sensitive nature of the 140 acres proposed for Bicentenniel Park ..
I would strongly urge that anything man-made which is added to the site be environmentally
friendly  ...  one of the other things I saw at Gifford Pinchot's Greytowers in Milford, PA was the
use of  porous paving materials on the roadways, walk ways, and parking areas.   This allows
water to naturally soak in  (say after a rain fall) rather than just run off the surface.

Is the park a go ? I see the request for ideas etc. but is it actually going to happen and when is it scheduled to begin ?

Parks Commission is set to send its recommendation to build a new town park to the Town Board later
this year.

Hope it happens...it will definatley help the area ans start the beginnings of a nicer place to live...

Yeah, another white elephant that will cost 500K a year to operate.

Quoted from GrahamBonnet

Yeah, another white elephant that will cost 500K a year to operate.

How can you predict how much it will cost to operate when you don't even know what the
plan for the park is?

And as far as it being a "white elephant" - it would only be a "white elephant" if it were unused ..
and we are hoping to get a lot of public input to make sure that the park has what residents want
so that they will use it.

spend spend spend

Quoted from GrahamBonnet

spend spend spend

Last Spring the ballfields at Woestina Park were rebuilt along with improvements to the
club house and parking area ---  [/b]at no cost to the taxpayers

The goal of the Parks Commission is to minimize the cost to the taxpayers for any of the
proposed parks and recreation improvements -- I expect that that Bicentenniel Park can be built
thorugh private and public grants at no cost to the taxpayer[b].

Do you think NOW is the the time to expand and BUILD A NEW park when you have an underutilized park at Woestina?

There's that phrase Public Grants that's free money that no taxpayer has to pay for, not.

Totaly different Park....yes, great time for us to be thinking about this stuff.....The Junction, as well as the rest of Rotterdam needs these type things. I am going to guess you are an elderly person Graham Bonnett...one who only cares about today....Future my man Future

With taxes like ours, there will BE NO future for this region, town, state...

Move !!! stop being negative and let us do something positive will ya

A new park and more taxpayer monet being spent won't change the economic situation here, and you know that is true.

Quoted from GrahamBonnet

Do you think NOW is the the time to expand and BUILD A NEW park when you have an underutilized park at Woestina?

It got great use by the Challenger League during their season and I undersand that the people
in the junction are very happy to be able to use the fields, too.