I've been keeping a continuing conversation with John Swanson of the City Park Committee on the status and the future of our beloved City Park. I cannot state enough that I appreciate him voluntarily coming forth to discuss this issue with all of Salisbury.
John has provided us with some good insights into the management of the City Park area. He is also absolutely right that, in a previous email to myself, that we have a unique park which is quite expansive. City park has a perimeter of right over a 5k, so about 3.2 to 3.3 miles stretching from Snow Hill Road all the way to Schumaker Pond. Couple this large area with a Zoo, great fishing, tennis courts, softball fields, and picnic areas it is a recipe for a great day out. We're lucky to have all this space for the community to enjoy.
Still the improvement and advancement of the quality of the experience needs to be there. It would have been prudent for the city to maintain a lot of the barren areas which were torn up from the improvements of the banks at the beginning of Spring that by the bloom the area would look nicer.
There are still few basic park standards that are not present; benches and trash recepticles. We have proposals for a new dog park yet the standards of any park are not there at City Park? John's letter shows the need for this! Makes you scratch your head when the funding for benches and trash recepticles is not present!
In the end we both want the best park for everyone to enjoy. We both love the area and that's why we have taken active steps to improve the area and to bring you the information on the area. I ask all of you to take that walk around the park and give feedback of what you think!
Note: John Swanson's opinions are not expressed within these posts or within this blog. He is giving open information in a neutral way. His opinions are not necessarily mine or any one's within this blog.
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There have been some improvements made to the City Park over the past years, but they have been very slooooow. (The bandstand and the bridge replacement/repair for example.) At least now I can understand WHY it takes so long, after reading the letter and your comments.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the deal on the exercise stations in the park and around the area? Is there a website or anything that shows where this starts and ends? They seem to be numbered, but I can't find them all.
Maybe he can tell us why they are letting Barrie screw up a nice area at the Kiwanis Pavilion with that ridiculous "dog park".
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ReplyDeleteThe exercise stations do not look the greatest and I've never seen any one use them.
From my experience it would not matter much which order you did them in other than I would recomend doing anything with abs last because they stabalize your whole body.
Read my post tommorrow, you'll be a bit amazed!