Signs of Renewal
Our neighborhood park (Lakeview) has seen some improvements lately, and during the cool hours of April, it’s nice to stroll its “hills” and swerving waterways and to glimpse its wealth of living creatures. The dog park , disc golf course and petanque playcourt are all getting good use, but the park also offers passive rewards just as it is. On a recent evening walk, I noticed that the county has installed at least two anchored wooden benches – one down by the public boat ramp, the other on the “point” of land that recently got a haircut. (One whole side of foliage was taken down at the request of the Sheriff, in order to give patrol cars a view from the pavilion area.) There's more: The public bathrooms are also looking quite clean after getting new doors, new paint, and new lighting – at least it looks like new, larger amber light fixtures. The county also came in and trimmed a lot of deadwood along the water’s edges –- this at the request of the Fire Department -- and pulled ...