Elma Park Receives Upgrades
Saturday, January 26th, 2008The Elma Park is under transformation, which began earlier this year with the the following projects:
1) A Park Improvement Project received funding for the purchase and installation of new playground equipment with handicap-accessible structures and the construction of a new handicap-accessible restroom and food stand building. Funding came from several sources including a Land & Water Conservation Federal grant, grants from both the Howard County Community Foundation and the Elma Area Community Foundation, funds left to the park from the Richard Fox Family Trust, financial committments from the City of Elma and BRIDGE Organization, as well as funds from participation in the Leadership a Plenty program and proceeds from park concession stand sales.
2) Park expansion to the northwest through the purchase of the Robert Mulick property.
Both projects are anticipated to be finished summer of 2008 making this valuable community asset more attractive to Elma residents. These projects aim to better serve the needs of Elma youth, elderly and physically challenged individuals as well as improve the site as an attraction to visitors from other communities.