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Collinsville,
Oklahoma
February
23, 2010
City
Park Improvements Ground Breaking |
Sales
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Funded Work
Could Be Done By July 4th
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City
leaders, merchants, citizens, school kids, architects and construction officials
met at the Collinsville City Park Tuesday morning (Feb. 23, 2010) for a ground
breaking ceremony. Work by Magnum Construction will begin this week with removal
of the old swimming pool first and then construction will follow for a new splash
pad area, play ground equipment, skatepark features, west entry sign, parking
lot, rest room & lighting improvements. The 150 day construction schedule
(weather permitting) should allow a July 4th, 2010, park ribbon cutting for the
completed improvements before the annual fireworks activities. It is hoped the
skatepark might be ready well before that.
City,
Landplan and Mangum officials turned the first "dirt" Tuesday.
This
group of CHS student leaders took a turn on the shovels.
These
Middle School student leaders participated in the park ceremony.
The
old swimming pool (which was a favorite summer park feature from 1958 to 2005)
will be removed, filled and leveled in this phase of park upgrades. Cost for a
replacement pool (following the June
2006 decision to not repair the old pool) were deemed too large. The
Middle School student took the short walk to the park from their campus Tuesday.
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have a request in to the city for a lifeguard chair and possibly a diving board
for display in the Newspaper Museum In Collinsville in rememberance of this historic
city landmark build over a 5 years period with volunteer labor. -- Ted Wright |
Significant
Upgrade to City Park Opened Since 1921
May
2008
