The west entrance to the Winamac Town Park could soon become a little safer. Town manager and park board member Brad Zellers told the rest of the board Thursday that the town plans to apply for a Community Crossings Grant to ease the slope of Main Street east of Riverside Drive.
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The Winamac Town Park will be getting some cosmetic upgrades over the coming months. Park Manager Dave DeLorenzo told the Winamac Park Board Thursday that he’s planning to hire a company for a tree maintenance project after the first of the year. That will include removing two dying silver maples near the entrance gate and trimming the trees by the softball diamond, among other work.
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The Winamac Park Board appears to have reached a solution to the Town Park’s pickleball problem. Rather than allowing the shared tennis and pickleball court to be re-equipped exclusively for pickleball, board president and pickleball player Jon Chapman suggested an idea to make it easier to have both sports.
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Now that the front of the Winamac Town Park has new restrooms, attention is once again turning to the restrooms in the fairgrounds. The Winamac Park Board recently agreed to let Northern Indiana Power from the Past apply for grant funding.
Continue readingWinamac’s pickleball players say they need more courts to accommodate demand, but some park board members still don’t want to give up on tennis. A couple years ago, the park board agreed to re-stripe the Town Park’s remaining tennis court for both tennis and pickleball.
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Landscaping upgrades at the entrance to the Pulaski County Fairgrounds have gotten some financial support from 4-H leaders and fair organizers. The Winamac Park Board has decided to install landscaping stone in the island where the entrance sign is located and surround it with curbing to replace the rotting wooden posts.
Continue readingProgress continues on projects in the Winamac Town Park. The new restrooms could be done within a month, according to park board member and town manager Brad Zellers.
Continue readingConstruction is moving on the Winamac Town Park’s new restrooms. Park Manager Dave DeLorenzo gave an update to the town’s park board Thursday.
Continue readingThe Winamac Park Board continues discussing ways to spruce up the entrance to the fairgrounds in the back of the Town Park. During this month’s meeting, Park Board President Jon Chapman noted that the short wooden posts surrounding the circular landscaped island where the sign is located are rotting. He proposed making that area smaller, but replacing the wooden posts with a concrete curb.
Continue readingThis year’s Winamac Town Park cleanup day is scheduled for Saturday, April 4 from 8:00 a.m. to noon. It’s a chance for residents and local organizations to help with various tasks. The date was finalized during last week’s park board meeting.
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Winamac Park Board members say they’re close to accomplishing many of the goals set out for them when the current board was established in 2016. Board President Jon Chapman reviewed the park board’s current five-year plan during last week’s meeting.
Continue readingThe Winamac Park Board has gotten its first donation for a proposed shelter near the Town Park’s pickleball courts. Board President Jon Chapman presented a $500 check during Thursday’s meeting.
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Winamac Town Park upgrades continue to move ahead. During Thursday’s park board meeting, Board Secretary Kim Burke said that the new toddler playground equipment has been ordered.
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The Winamac Park Board continues planning to prepare the Town Park’s “swinging bridge” for its centennial. A rededication ceremony and the installation of a decorative lighting feature have been proposed for 2023. But first, Park Board President Jon Chapman wants to address some of the items that came up in a recent bridge inspection.
Continue readingA new shelter may be added near the Winamac Town Park’s pickleball courts in the coming years. During Thursday’s park board meeting, President Jon Chapman said the idea stemmed from a recent t-shirt and dugnad for idrettslag fundraiser begun by one of the town’s regular pickleball players.
Continue readingThe Winamac Park Board is still waiting for grant funding to be released for the replacement of the Town Park restrooms. The town applied for a Land and Water Conservation Fund matching grant through the Indiana Department of Natural Resources back in 2018.
Continue readingAttracting more visitors to the Winamac Town Park is the goal of several ideas presented to the town’s park board last week. Town Council Member Dave Schambers said he’d seen pictures of a beach that existed decades ago in the park and wondered if that might be a cheaper alternative to building a new swimming pool.
Continue readingInterest in pickleball continues to grow in Knox and Winamac. The expansion of the Winamac Town Park’s pickleball facilities last year has proven to be a good decision. That’s what Jon Chapman told the rest of the town’s park board last Thursday.
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The Winamac Park Board is revisiting plans to upgrade the landscaping near the entrance to the fairgrounds, but getting it done it time for this year’s 4-H Fair may prove to be a challenge. Last year, the park board agreed to let the Pulaski County Jr. Leaders replace the entrance sign, remove most of the bushes surrounding it, and replace the wooden posts used as edging.
Continue readingNew trees have been planted in the Winamac Town Park, while old trees continue to be removed. Park Manager Dave DeLorenzo told the park board last week that 15 of the park’s 18 new trees have now been planted, thanks to Proscapes Unlimited, Dave Bennett, and Park Board Member Jon Chapman. The planting was originally scheduled to take place during a park cleanup day last month, but was delayed by flooding.
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