BCC takes action on improving numerous county parks
Walton County – 3/19/24 – While the government cannot launch
commercial enterprises, it can improve public amenities. This was vividly
illustrated by numerous actions taken at the most recent meeting of the
Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC).
By unanimous vote, the BCC approved a resolution to bring forward
$4,391,995 in Tourism Development Fund reserves for construction of the
Seagrove Regional Beach Access and the Cessna Landing Park
improvements.
District 2 Commissioner Danny Glidewell requested the BCC to approve the
plan and funding for playground equipment to be installed at Lakewood
Park at Britton Hill in northern Walton County, Florida’s highest elevation
at 345 feet above sea level. The board approved unanimously.
Commissioner Glidewell also asked for and received board approval for the
site plan and funding of a splash pad at Ghentsville Park in Paxton.
Commission Chairman Tony Anderson requested board approval to use
$50,000 from his District 5 Plat Fees to fund some much-needed
improvements at the Walton County Dog Park.
Commissioner Anderson also received board approval to transmit the
introduction letter, application form, release form, agreement and program
policy for a Walton County Adopt-A-Park program, which allows outside
groups and agencies to handle the care and upkeep of certain parks. The
first park to receive this designation will be Padgett Park.
According to Joe Ribaudo, program coordinator for Parks and Recreation
Department, retired U.S. Army Colonel Patrick Colton, commander, 1st
Battalion and 7th Special Forces Group had requested permission to place a
permanent plaque at Padgett Park, in honor of Sgt. Timothy Padgett, who
was killed in action in Afghanistan on May 8, 2007. Sgt. Padgett was a
member of Col. Colton’s 1st Battalion unit. The unit also requested to
‘adopt’ Padgett Park, which was approved.
District 4 Commissioner Donna Johns asked for a name change in
preparation for getting the back 10 acres of county property in south
Walton County ready to become a public park. Previously called the Golf
Garden, the new name approved by the BCC will be Paradise Park.
Walton County – 3/19/24 – While the government cannot launch
commercial enterprises, it can improve public amenities. This was vividly
illustrated by numerous actions taken at the most recent meeting of the
Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC).
By unanimous vote, the BCC approved a resolution to bring forward
$4,391,995 in Tourism Development Fund reserves for construction of the
Seagrove Regional Beach Access and the Cessna Landing Park
improvements.
District 2 Commissioner Danny Glidewell requested the BCC to approve the
plan and funding for playground equipment to be installed at Lakewood
Park at Britton Hill in northern Walton County, Florida’s highest elevation
at 345 feet above sea level. The board approved unanimously.
Commissioner Glidewell also asked for and received board approval for the
site plan and funding of a splash pad at Ghentsville Park in Paxton.
Commission Chairman Tony Anderson requested board approval to use
$50,000 from his District 5 Plat Fees to fund some much-needed
improvements at the Walton County Dog Park.
Commissioner Anderson also received board approval to transmit the
introduction letter, application form, release form, agreement and program
policy for a Walton County Adopt-A-Park program, which allows outside
groups and agencies to handle the care and upkeep of certain parks. The
first park to receive this designation will be Padgett Park.
According to Joe Ribaudo, program coordinator for Parks and Recreation
Department, retired U.S. Army Colonel Patrick Colton, commander, 1st
Battalion and 7th Special Forces Group had requested permission to place a
permanent plaque at Padgett Park, in honor of Sgt. Timothy Padgett, who
was killed in action in Afghanistan on May 8, 2007. Sgt. Padgett was a
member of Col. Colton’s 1st Battalion unit. The unit also requested to
‘adopt’ Padgett Park, which was approved.
District 4 Commissioner Donna Johns asked for a name change in
preparation for getting the back 10 acres of county property in south
Walton County ready to become a public park. Previously called the Golf
Garden, the new name approved by the BCC will be Paradise Park.
