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City, civic, private sources work together to renovate Liberty St. park for children
A grand opening ceremony was held Tuesday at the Liberty Street Park as Washington city officials and Washington Kiwanis Club members joined citizens, city workers, and children from Head Start and First Methodist Pre-K for the ribbon cutting. This playground was the focus of Governor Sonny Perdue's "Hands on Georgia" project for the Kiwanis Club of Washington last year, said Kiwanian Mark Waters. Club members, under the leadership of then-President Bill Steed, pressure washed all the equipment, provided additional mulch, fixed and replaced broken swings, and repainted benches. New Washington residents Richard and Dana Kibby also took an interest in the playground, and donated new playground equipment to be installed. To bring it all together, Thomas Dozier and his staff of city workers, plus Parks and Recreation Department workers led by Director Pete Gartrell, provided the labor for the project. "So many people worked together to make this work," Gartrell said. "Mark Waters, Bill Steed, Chris Hughes, Bob Simmons, Bill Boyd, Bill Lee, Freddie Rhodes Jr., Mike Eskew, Thomas Dozier and his staff, Bobby Mills, the Parks and Rec staff, and Parks and Rec Chairman Ray Hardy. They all came together to bring this to pass." To put the finishing touches on the playground, the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) from Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School spent Saturday cleaning the playground in preparation for Tuesday's opening ceremonies.
Work is also underway on the Whitehall Park playground project. The pavilion area has been re-concreted for a new picnic site, Gartrell said, and the Reese Booker Building was remodeled with new floors, windows, cement tile, new plumbing and paint, and a new heat and air system. The city is looking at new playground equipment for the site.
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