The Pulaski County Commissioners approved a proclamation involving the Memorial Swinging Bridge during their meeting Monday.
Continue readingPulaski County Commissioners Proclaim July 3rd as Veterans Memorial Swinging Bridge Day
Winamac Park Board to Address Legal Concerns before Donating to Swinging Bridge Project
The Winamac Park Board will need more time to decide whether to contribute financially to the Memorial Swinging Bridge Project. It would add decorative lighting to the Town Park’s “swinging bridge” in time for its centennial in 2023.
Continue readingWinamac Park Board Considers Monetary Donation to Bridge Lighting Project
The Winamac Park Board will likely contribute financially to the Memorial Swinging Bridge Project, but how much and where that money would come from still remain to be seen.
Continue readingMemorial Swinging Bridge Project Moving Ahead with Historical Marker, Fundraising Plans
The Winamac Town Park’s “swinging bridge” may be able to get some sort of historical marker at no cost to the town. Greg Henry with the Memorial Swinging Bridge Project gave an update to the town’s park board Thursday.
Continue readingMore Donations Received for Memorial Swinging Bridge Project
Winamac’s Memorial Swinging Bridge Project has gotten another round of donations. Project organizers say Mill Creek Gardens recently donated $2,000 toward the decorative lighting feature, while Sue Haselby donated $1,000 in memory of her husband Brian (Fred) Haselby and his parents, Sam and Babe Haselby. The Monterey American Legion post recently chipped in $1,000, according to project organizer Greg Henry.
Continue readingWinamac Park Board Wants More Information on Proposed ‘Swinging Bridge’ Historical Marker
Organizers of Winamac’s Memorial Swinging Bridge Project are looking to get some state and national recognition for the historic structure, but the town’s park board is concerned about what stipulations that might bring. Project organizer Greg Henry asked board members Thursday to consider applying for a state historical marker.
Continue readingWinamac ‘Swinging Bridge’ Lighting Feature Gets Town Council’s Blessing
Plans to add decorative lighting to the Winamac Town Park’s “swinging bridge” got the blessing of the town council Monday.
Continue readingArea Organizations Offering to Help with Winamac Memorial Bridge Centennial Project
Support continues to grow for a centennial project for the Winamac Town Park’s Memorial Bridge. Residents are raising funds to install a decorative lighting feature in time for the hundredth anniversary of the bridge’s dedication on July 4, 2023.
Continue readingWinamac Memorial Bridge Lighting Efforts Gaining Momentum
Efforts to add decorative lighting to the Winamac Town Park’s Memorial Bridge are drawing community support. Project organizer Greg Henry told the Winamac Park Board Thursday that he’s already heard from people interested in donating. “It’s kind of a big project, much bigger than I anticipated at first,” Henry said. “But it’s going in the right direction.”
Continue readingWinamac Park Board to Get Update on Memorial Bridge Centennial Planning Efforts
Plans for the Winamac Town Park’s Memorial Bridge’s upcoming centennial will continue to be discussed during tonight’s park board meeting. Greg Henry has been spearheading efforts to add a decorative lighting feature and hold a re-dedication on July 4, 2023.
Continue readingLighting Project Proposed to Mark Centennial of Winamac’s Memorial Bridge
The Winamac Town Council recently heard from Greg Henry who has a plan to recognize a significant “birthday” of a special Pulaski County landmark that has hung above the Tippecanoe River for a century.
Henry noted, “On July 4th in the year 2023, the bridge will be 100 years old.”
Continue readingWinamac Park Board Hears Lighting Proposals, As Planning Begins for Memorial Bridge Centennial
Efforts to add a decorative lighting feature to the Winamac Town Park’s swinging bridge will be able to move ahead. On Thursday, the town’s park board learned more about the various options from Mike Brubaker with Associated Controls + Design and John Ford with Carl Stahl Architektur.
Continue readingWinamac Park Board to Hear Presentation on Potential Swinging Bridge Lighting Feature
A planned lighting feature for the Winamac Town Park’s swinging bridge continues to be discussed by the town’s park board. As of today, project organizers and town officials have exactly four-and-a-half years to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars and install the feature in time for the Memorial Bridge’s centennial.
Continue readingCost Estimate for Swinging Bridge Lighting Feature to Be Presented to Winamac Park Board
The Winamac Park Board may soon have a firmer cost estimate for a proposed lighting feature for the Town Park’s Swinging Bridge. “Apparently, someone was up with Mr. [Greg] Henry, came up and saw him and have made another appointment. But they did some measurements on the bridge, as far as the lighting,” Park Board President Courtney Poor told the rest of the board last week. “And so he hopes to have some of that information, hopefully, maybe for the January meeting, as far as just estimates from that company. I had requested they have it by the 15th of January, I think.”
Continue readingWinamac Park Board Discusses Ideas for Upcoming Swinging Bridge Centennial
The Winamac Town Park’s “swinging bridge” could get decorative lighting along with some other upgrades, in honor of its upcoming centennial. The bridge was dedicated on July 4, 1923. Now, Greg and Brenda Henry are spearheading the effort to celebrate that history. “I think that between now and the Fourth of July of 2023, if we could maybe put something together and rededicate it, spruce it up, do some repairs, whatever needs to be done to it,” Greg told the Winamac Park Board last week. “The people that use that bridge, it’s endless. I mean I can say, I don’t know of any other landmark in Winamac that has more meaning than the swinging bridge for this town.”
New Stone to Be Dedicated at Winamac Pocket Park
