parks board
The Winamac parks board agreed during their July 6 meeting that the Veterans Memorial Swinging Bridge centennial celebration on July 3 went well and was very successful. Now, they are looking forward to utilizing and taking care of the newly lighted bridge. Going forward, town manager Brad Zellers...
Rick Mynark was welcomed as the newest member of the Winamac parks board during a regular meeting on Thursday, April 6. Mynark was appointed to the position by the Pulaski County Public Library Board. The open position on the parks board comes after Dan Murphy did not seek reappointment for his...
The Winamac Parks and Recreation Board said they are still in need of a board appointment as of their regular meeting on March 2. The appointment recommendation has to come from the Pulaski County Public Library board. Parks board member and town manager Brad Zellers said that he has contacted the...
In May of last year, the Pulaski County Tribe celebrated the completion of the first phase of their Art in the Park project. Now, they are looking ahead to add even more greenery to the west side of the swinging bridge. Brandi Larkin and Don Darda of the Tribe came before the Winamac parks board to...
The Winamac parks board reconvened for their first meeting of the new year on Thursday, Jan. 5 and held an election for officers. The first on the list was to elect a president for 2023. Two board members were nominated for the position, Renee Calabrese and Steve Miller. Miller was appreciative of...
The pinnacle of the Memorial Swinging Bridge Project is coming soon. The project has reached their $300,000 fundraising goal and is now looking forward to installing the lights on the bridge and then the centennial celebration on July 3, 2023. After all is said and done, the project committee will...
The maintenance set to occur on the Memorial Swinging Bridge is still planned for this summer once re-bids are sent out according to parks board member Brad Zellers. Zellers advised that the work will be sent out for rebids and that should wrap up by early July. He concluded that their goal is to...
During a regular parks board meeting on Thursday, May 5 the board received the parks manager report from Aaron Spanley, who advised that the park is experiencing issues again with an increase in vandalism. Spanley advised that one of the picnic table seats will have to be replaced as someone...
The first order of business at the Thursday, Jan. 6 regular session was to elect officers and to decide on their attorney. Ultimately, Dan Murphy was elected as president, Steve Miller as vice president, Kimberly Burke as secretary, and Attorney Justin Schramm as legal counsel. New board member...
Winamac Parks Board President Chris Schramm announced at a regular parks board meeting on Thursday, Nov. 4, that he will not be asking the town board to reappointment him. Noting that he has been with the parks board since it started in June 2016, Schramm said that his time with the parks board has...