Sod Being Installed at Skate Park!
 | Author:
Patrick Plantenberg
Townsend Tree Board Chair, Townsend Rotary Club |
Sod Being Installed at Skate Park!
Patrick Plantenberg
Since the skate park was installed about a year ago in Holloway Park, it has been a very popular place for kids and adults! Drive by almost any day and you will see skaters, bikers, scooters, etc. crafting their skills.
The other thing you’d see as you drove by was the bare dirt surrounding the skate park - until last week. The sprinkler system was finally finished, and sod installed on all but 2,000 square feet of the skate park.
How wonderful the skate park looks because of the new sod and the new pavilion installed by the Amish working for the Broadwater County Parks and Recreation Board.
The sod was purchased from SodWorks at a discount by STOKE (Science, Technology, Outdoor Knowledge, and Entrepreneurship), the force behind getting the skatepark built. The first load of 2,000 square feet of sod was delivered, installed, and stapled on the steep slopes by a large group of people on June 21st on the southern end of the skate park. A week later, 6,000 square feet of sod arrived, and another large group of folks showed up and laid the sod around all but the last 2,000 square feet on the west end of the skate park! Wow! The groups worked hard and fast!
The evening after the sod was installed Jeff Ament (the Pearl Jam bassist who donated $50,000 to help get the skatepark built) and his friends showed up and skated on the park for awhile as well as some other adults from Texas and Georgia!
It takes a village! It was so nice to see so many people turn out to complete the work at the skatepark. Many organizations and volunteers helped lay sod including members from: STOKE, Rotary Club of Townsend and spouses, Missouri Valley Marketing, Broadwater County Parks and Recreation Board, Hahn Ranch, Old Baldy 4H Club, Townsend Flooring, Townsend Schools administration and students, Townsend Tree Board, Townsend Seed, Broadwater County Development Corporation, Holloway Park neighbors, and probably a few we forgot.
This past week, pavers were installed around the pavilion. The rest of the sod should be installed by July 8th.
Thank you to all who helped make the skate park a reality in Townsend!
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PhotoCredit: Pat Plantenberg
Image 1 Caption: First group of volunteers on June 21st.
Image 2 Caption: Part of second group of volunteers laying sod.
Image 3 Caption: Part of second group of volunteers laying
