ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Hosted Halloween Parade for children (2001 - 2006)

  • Plant and maintian Triangle Garden (ongoing)

  • Fence around playground installed (6/01)

  • Shuffleboard & bocce equip purchased by Conservancy

  • Children’s House roof fixed – Bay Roofing (9/02)

  • Horseshoe pits refurbished & shoes bought – Eagle Scout project (11/02)

  • Bluebird boxes installed – Cadet Scout project (5/03)

  • Playground installed (6/03)

  • Pond path paved (7/03)

  • Parking lots surfaced (7/03)

  • $400,000 Green Acres Grant award – 2003
    Refurbish Children’s House; refurbish tennis courts & storage house; add light stanchions, benches, water fountains & trash receptacles; some landscaping & drainage issues

  • $500,000 Green Acres Grant award – 2004
    Refurbish Pond House; landscape; field upgrades; pond refurbishment

  • Emergent and sub-emergent plants planted along banks of pond to provide bank stabilization and act to filter water (June 2004)

  • 2003 Green Acres Grant projects completed: Children’s House renovations; tennis court renovation; installation of new light stanchions, benches, and trash receptacles – lower level; installation of paver walkway into playground; resurfaced all pathways; remedied erosion issues behind baseball field and along hill paths. (Summer 2004)

  • Skating weather permitting (2001 - 2007, 2009)
  • $400,000 Green Acres grant award - 2005
    Landscape, picnic grove, benches
  • Turtle Garden planned and planted. Girl Scout project (6/05)
  • Playground Gate purchased using Starbucks Community Grant (8/05)
  • Trails blazed - Boy Scout project (9/05)
  • Renovate Pond House, install new benches, light stanchions, upgrade ball field (Spring 2006)
  • Dead and dangerous trees and limbs removed using Special Purpose Grant and private donations (12/06)
  • May Fest (2006 & 2007)
  • Speakers present on various topics - April & October (2006 - present)
  • Measured fitness trail marked with mile markers every 1/4 mile (3/08)
  • Planted 45 cherry trees along brook (11/08)
  • Blossoms in The Park (4/09)
  • Planted 4 trees throughout (4/09)
  • Planted Gould St. triangle garden (5/09)
  • Completed brick paver fundraiser (5/09)