The pocket park is officially open
July 30, 2021 at 3:43 p.m.
The pocket park is officially open
By Cyrus Johnson -
Activities were of plenty, as children also painted rocks for the park’s kindness garden and decorated the area with sidewalk chalk. Keeping the atmosphere lively, a DJ played music in the background. Hot dogs and other cookout style foods were available for free. Located on the west edge of the park is a white-painted brick wall reserved for special movie showings in the future.
“We eventually want to put some games out here all the time, so community members can come relax and let their kids play,” said Dana Risch. When asked what brought the community park together, she stated, “It’s a lot of community members, we decided that we wanted to take a spot and make it beautiful space for people to use. We are hoping we can keep this momentum up, expand it to other projects in the community and make the community a better place to live.”
The pocket park’s neighbor Danka Klein, director of the Union County Foundation, was on hand for the event. She had this to say: “I’m majorly impressed with how people came together. It really shows they are hungry for things to happen and have nice improvements around town and for the community. It just makes my heart happy.”
Melissa Browning, director of the Union County Development Corporation, dropped in to mingle and check on the party. When asked her thoughts on the pocket park she said, “I think the pocket park is a great start for things that can happen in the future. People worked together without an agency. It was just a bunch of community members that got together because they wanted to make a difference… It’s a great feeling.”
Residents were encouraged to write their ideas for the pocket park as well as community ideas for beautification on large sheets of paper located by the entrance. Most adults attending wrote down thoughts for organizers to consider as upcoming projects. A couple examples listed were: more murals, movie nights, splash park, community garden, Frisbee golf, pickle ball courts, path from new park to Whitewater, street lights and flowers on Seminary Street.
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Activities were of plenty, as children also painted rocks for the park’s kindness garden and decorated the area with sidewalk chalk. Keeping the atmosphere lively, a DJ played music in the background. Hot dogs and other cookout style foods were available for free. Located on the west edge of the park is a white-painted brick wall reserved for special movie showings in the future.
“We eventually want to put some games out here all the time, so community members can come relax and let their kids play,” said Dana Risch. When asked what brought the community park together, she stated, “It’s a lot of community members, we decided that we wanted to take a spot and make it beautiful space for people to use. We are hoping we can keep this momentum up, expand it to other projects in the community and make the community a better place to live.”
The pocket park’s neighbor Danka Klein, director of the Union County Foundation, was on hand for the event. She had this to say: “I’m majorly impressed with how people came together. It really shows they are hungry for things to happen and have nice improvements around town and for the community. It just makes my heart happy.”
Melissa Browning, director of the Union County Development Corporation, dropped in to mingle and check on the party. When asked her thoughts on the pocket park she said, “I think the pocket park is a great start for things that can happen in the future. People worked together without an agency. It was just a bunch of community members that got together because they wanted to make a difference… It’s a great feeling.”
Residents were encouraged to write their ideas for the pocket park as well as community ideas for beautification on large sheets of paper located by the entrance. Most adults attending wrote down thoughts for organizers to consider as upcoming projects. A couple examples listed were: more murals, movie nights, splash park, community garden, Frisbee golf, pickle ball courts, path from new park to Whitewater, street lights and flowers on Seminary Street.
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