Talk about Lindsey: Grant to improve WC Miller Park
The W.C. Miller Park will become a safer and cleaner place for children to play, thanks to a grant from the Sandusky County Park District.
Lindsey has word it will get $6,400 to improve the condition of the play areas in the park. Village Administrator Jason Holland said the park was named after Wendelle C. Miller, who wanted it to be a treasured reserve for the kids of the town.
Recently that has not been a realized dream. The park has not been maintained as it should be because the use of pea gravel and wood chips make it an uncomfortable place to play. The pea gravel gets into the shoes of playing children and the wood chips compost in to an oatmeal-like layer and a muddled splinter mess.
When village officials recently heard from Andrew Brown of the Sandusky County Park District that the village would be getting the money, they were thrilled.
The village has about 446 residents. Three to 15 kids go to the park daily to play, and hundreds use the park on a weekly basis when the peak summer arrives, according to the village.
The pea gravel and wood chips will be replaced with a brown rubber mulch that will take only an occasional raking to maintain. The polymer has a 12-year warranty. The village can have 12 tons delivered for about $6,000, with an installation cost of about $1,050.
It will be a good day when the youths will no longer slip on mud when playing on the merry-go-round. Thanks to the Sandusky County Parks, the safety issues at the park are soon to be resolved.
New signA new digital sign is standing along Main Street announcing the time and temperature and the latest events in the village.
The new sign was purchased with the help of the Sandusky County Community Grant for $10,000 that the town received, a donation of $2,500 from the Lindsey Lions Club and a donation of $1,000 from the Lindsey Village Tree Commission.
The village paid about 30 percent of the total cost, according to officials.
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