Norwich Parks Project moving forward
NORWICH – The downtown Norwich parks improvement project, begun several years ago, is finally off the ground and running with the Chenango County Board of Supervisors’ approval this month to be the lead agent for the New York state-mandated environmental quality review process.
Clerk of the Board RC Woodford said the review would most likely be completed in July and, barring any environmental obstacles, a resolution would follow shortly thereafter.
Fundraising is in full swing, said the project’s manager Eric Larsen, with calls being made to public and private funding sources as well as grant applications written and mailed. Larsen, and a small group of community volunteers who call themselves the Friends of the Parks, will meet again next week to strategize, he said.
“It’s gone reasonably well. We are by no means 100 percent of the way there, but we are making good progress,” said Larsen.
Friends of the Parks hopes to raise approximately $400,000 to make East and West Park safer and more viable venues for the county’s outdoor tourism events. Plans include making both parks and the East Park pavilion handicapped accessible, upgrading the electrical systems, providing water access, building new sidewalks, replacing overgrown shrubs, providing new benches and replacing two Civil War cannons. A turn-of-the-century style performance stage is also planned.
The parks project has the backing of Chenango County and the Norwich Business Improvement District. The BID’s annual dinner in East Park has served as a partial fundraiser and awareness-raising effort for the project for the past two years. It is scheduled this year for Friday, May 29 and will feature music entertainment by Splash! and a moon and stars-themed dinner and dessert menu from the Canasawacta Country Club.
Clerk of the Board RC Woodford said the review would most likely be completed in July and, barring any environmental obstacles, a resolution would follow shortly thereafter.
Fundraising is in full swing, said the project’s manager Eric Larsen, with calls being made to public and private funding sources as well as grant applications written and mailed. Larsen, and a small group of community volunteers who call themselves the Friends of the Parks, will meet again next week to strategize, he said.
“It’s gone reasonably well. We are by no means 100 percent of the way there, but we are making good progress,” said Larsen.
Friends of the Parks hopes to raise approximately $400,000 to make East and West Park safer and more viable venues for the county’s outdoor tourism events. Plans include making both parks and the East Park pavilion handicapped accessible, upgrading the electrical systems, providing water access, building new sidewalks, replacing overgrown shrubs, providing new benches and replacing two Civil War cannons. A turn-of-the-century style performance stage is also planned.
The parks project has the backing of Chenango County and the Norwich Business Improvement District. The BID’s annual dinner in East Park has served as a partial fundraiser and awareness-raising effort for the project for the past two years. It is scheduled this year for Friday, May 29 and will feature music entertainment by Splash! and a moon and stars-themed dinner and dessert menu from the Canasawacta Country Club.
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