Commissioner Jones was very understanding of our frustration, and we will be meeting soon with Ronnie Bell and others to figure out what we are going to do. However, it is going to be hard to find money right now.
Let us know how this meeting goes. Admittedly, I haven't read this whole thread (9 pages?
), but I have been under the impression that the Helen McCall playpark was a done deal, just taking a while.
Maybe raise a stink about this in the Sun paper? That usually seems to chap the county's hide. Seriously though, if funding
was available and now seems to be redirected to Driftwood of somewhere "private" (less public), well that gets me a little P.O.'ed!
Also, can someone more involved with this tell me if a volunteer type program would work for building this park? I know the project is on county property, so that may make things difficult. I guess what I'm saying is - I'm a woodworker/builder, I know there are many builders, designers, landscapers, etc. on this forum. If we have to build the D*** thing ourselves, then I bet we can pull it off! Not to give away any secrets
, but it really doesn't cost as much to build this stuff (not as much as it costs the county to build it
).
Sorry if this has already been discussed here.
Somebody please let me know if
this could be built by volunteers.