Lakewood...that little 3 max car"nook" is public, but I dont get the 'development' idea there; build parking ....where? Gramma's garden?
More starbucks.
I think we might be talking about two different places. There is a very small public park at the stop sign on Lakewood/Lakeview Dr. for Eastern Lake. Nothing much needs to be done there. It is nice little park like it is. There is another county park ON THE BEACH about 1/2 mile from that park. It is between two condos and is a fairly nice broad beach area. While I'd prefer on one hand to not have any more development on the beach, with the larger number of people on the beach not staying at an adjacent condo, some more bathrooms are really going to be necessary. The right of way along the road that already exists might deserve a look at providing more public parking. A bathroom at the Eastern Lake outfall would also be helpful to this general area. But, back to Deer Lake State Park. We sholuld just leave this alone as much as possible and keep it open to the public. Personally, I didn't like the large somewhat overdone walkover. But, it is an awesome place to walk through and sit on one of the benches to view the dunes like all used to be.
I agree with earlier post by SB that with so much being taken care of by other entities like Walton County Sheriff and TDC, just what budget cuts are they talking about that would close the park?