parks board
The Pulaski County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) pitched the idea of a rain garden to the Winamac Board of Parks and Recreation during their first meeting of the new year on Feb. 4. Annabelle McCarthy from the Pulaski County SWCD stated that they are asking the board for a permanent...
The Winamac parks board met during a special session on Oct. 27 to approve a bid for the repaving of the walking trail at the town park. Out of the two bids received – one from Broken Arrow and another from Central Paving – the parks board approved the quote from Central Paving in the amount of $45...
Back in February, the Winamac parks board was advised that Lori Goble is interested in building a platform over the river in the park as an observation deck in memory of the late Bradley Goble. This item has been discussed on and off over the past year and was discussed again at the Oct. 2 parks...
The Winamac parks board discussed several items of old business during their meeting on June 5, which included options for repairing and potentially expanding the pickleball courts at the town park. In a follow up to last month's meeting conversation, president Renee Calabrese asked what type of...
Softball league representatives were present at a regular Winamac parks board meeting on April 3 to clarify expectations about their responsibilities.The representatives came before the board to make sure they are doing what they need to do to help keep up on maintaining the fields and if they...
Board president Renee Calabrese introduced a project idea during a regular meeting on Thursday, Oct. 3 that was brought to her attention recently. President Calabrese said that she was approached by Beth Crawford about doing a story walk along the walking trail at the park. Calabrese explained that...
The Winamac parks board heard from Pulaski County Tribe (PCT) representative Don Darda regarding a request for this year’s Riverfest as well as from parks manager Aaron Spanley about recent park improvements. On behalf of PCT, Darda explained that the Tribe is collaborating with the Pulaski County...
The Winamac parks board continued their discussion with parks manager Aaron Spanley about putting in ADA compliant swing set surfacing. During a parks board meeting on Thursday, March 7, Spanley presented two quotes he had received for the surfacing, but advised that he would be meeting the...
The Winamac parks board met for a regular meeting on Thursday, Nov. 2 and heard some updates on the Veterans Memorial Swinging Bridge from Greg Henry. He said that everything has been running fairly smoothly, but explained to the board that one of the security cameras is defective and is being...
During a regular meeting on Thursday, Sept. 7, the Winamac parks board was made aware of an unknown piece of solid concrete that is lying beneath the dirt in the horse arena at the fairgrounds. Pulaski County 4-H and Community Fair Association President Elaine Zeider explained that the fairly large...