Cook Park could receive more improvements this summer
GREENE – Tourists and campers interested in exploring the region may learn about Gaius Cook Memorial Park in Greene from a recently revised link on Chenango County’s website.
The webpage lists amenities and the rates and dates for reservations as well as several pictures of the recently refurbished recreational lake, trails and camping areas. Workers participating under the direction of the Chenango County Youth Bureau and Headwaters Youth Conservation Corps, a program of The Place in Norwich, made many improvements last year to the 116-acre park.
Twenty-three of the 37 campsites with electrical hookups have already been reserved for the summer season, and the park was full to capacity over the Memorial Day weekend. The park has tent sites, pavilion rentals and picnic areas that are available for day use.
The pavilion is booked every Saturday and Sunday in August, according to park manager Doug Croley. Several weekends are also reserved this month and in July for family reunions and a wedding.
“I think it’s a great asset, a beautiful place and I’m proud to know that Cook Park is part of the county,” said Chenango County’s Director of Public Facilities Julie Gates.
Youth Bureau Director Kathryn J. Clemens will approach the Planning & Economic Development Committee Tuesday for funding to carry out phase two of planned improvements to the park. The county spent $16,500 for phase one of the facelift, which included removing multiple obstructions in the drainage pipe in the pond. The youth corps replaced worn bridges; built stone walls; cleared trails, the boat launch and a picnic area; planted hardwoods and flowers; and erected directional signs.
Chenango County Buildings and Grounds employees cleared and installed new culverts; excavated areas adjacent to the boat launch and bridges; removed trees and overgrowth; updated the electrical systems in the campers pavilion; installed lights in the day use pavilion; and replaced rotted floor boards on the maintenance building porch.
Phase two would include further work on trails - making some barrier free and incorporating a railing for the handicapped - additional signage, fencing in the playground area, building a stone entrance wall and developing more advertising strategies.
All but one member of the county’s Buildings and Grounds Committee agreed to pass Clemens’ request for $13,000 more onto Planning. Town of Pharsalia Supervisor Dennis Brown opposed.
Town of Preston Supervisor Peter C. Flanagan, who, along with Brown, has often spoken against taxpayer support for the park, said he would vote for the second phase of the improvement project because it served to employ youths in the summer.
Coventry Supervisor Janice O’Shea made the motion, saying the committee already knew the project would span two years. “I think it’s important to find the dollars. The return on investment is going to come back over the years,” she said.
Cook Park was gifted to the county in 1957. Taxpayers are levied approximately $15,000 per year to keep it running and staffed.
The webpage lists amenities and the rates and dates for reservations as well as several pictures of the recently refurbished recreational lake, trails and camping areas. Workers participating under the direction of the Chenango County Youth Bureau and Headwaters Youth Conservation Corps, a program of The Place in Norwich, made many improvements last year to the 116-acre park.
Twenty-three of the 37 campsites with electrical hookups have already been reserved for the summer season, and the park was full to capacity over the Memorial Day weekend. The park has tent sites, pavilion rentals and picnic areas that are available for day use.
The pavilion is booked every Saturday and Sunday in August, according to park manager Doug Croley. Several weekends are also reserved this month and in July for family reunions and a wedding.
“I think it’s a great asset, a beautiful place and I’m proud to know that Cook Park is part of the county,” said Chenango County’s Director of Public Facilities Julie Gates.
Youth Bureau Director Kathryn J. Clemens will approach the Planning & Economic Development Committee Tuesday for funding to carry out phase two of planned improvements to the park. The county spent $16,500 for phase one of the facelift, which included removing multiple obstructions in the drainage pipe in the pond. The youth corps replaced worn bridges; built stone walls; cleared trails, the boat launch and a picnic area; planted hardwoods and flowers; and erected directional signs.
Chenango County Buildings and Grounds employees cleared and installed new culverts; excavated areas adjacent to the boat launch and bridges; removed trees and overgrowth; updated the electrical systems in the campers pavilion; installed lights in the day use pavilion; and replaced rotted floor boards on the maintenance building porch.
Phase two would include further work on trails - making some barrier free and incorporating a railing for the handicapped - additional signage, fencing in the playground area, building a stone entrance wall and developing more advertising strategies.
All but one member of the county’s Buildings and Grounds Committee agreed to pass Clemens’ request for $13,000 more onto Planning. Town of Pharsalia Supervisor Dennis Brown opposed.
Town of Preston Supervisor Peter C. Flanagan, who, along with Brown, has often spoken against taxpayer support for the park, said he would vote for the second phase of the improvement project because it served to employ youths in the summer.
Coventry Supervisor Janice O’Shea made the motion, saying the committee already knew the project would span two years. “I think it’s important to find the dollars. The return on investment is going to come back over the years,” she said.
Cook Park was gifted to the county in 1957. Taxpayers are levied approximately $15,000 per year to keep it running and staffed.
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