Bauer Park to see new amenities soon
(Seguin) — It’s all over, except for the waiting when it comes to the city’s participation in the Niagara Cares Perk You Parks contest.
Seguin’s Max Starcke Park was one of several parks nationwide that were nominated for three grant awards of $75,000.
For more than a month, residents were asked to cast a vote each day for the Starcke Park improvements, which call for the money — if awarded — to be used to help enhance the playground in Starcke Park East.
Parks and Recreation Director Jack Jones says Niagara will not announce the winners until late next month, but he says he thinks that folks in Seguin helped to get them into the running. He says he remains hopeful that the city will be one of the three winners of the contest.
“As we all know the Niagara Perk Your Park contest wrapped up and I can’t say anything because we don’t know the results officially. We won’t know the results later on this week, maybe next week. We feel good about our chances but when we do find out unofficially, we can’t make it official for anybody until Oct. 23 so officially, we will not know anything – we can’t announce anything until Oct. 23. We feel good about how our odds have been – being one of the top three of getting the $75,000 grant through Niagara and hopefully, we will get that,” said Jones.
While the city waits to hear from Niagara Cares, it’s also announcing its plans to open new park amenities in Bauer Park. The neighborhood park is located on East College Street, on the site of what was once the Seguin Public Library.
Jones says they will officially unveil the Bauer Park improvements during a ceremony next week.
“We are going to have the official ribbon cutting. We are opening up Bauer Park not this Thursday but next Thursday, Sept. 28 –a ribbon cutting at 10 o’clock. The park is almost done. It may even be done by this weekend, but the official opening of the park will be next Thursday, Sept. 28 at 10 o’clock,” said Jones.
The park will include all-inclusive play equipment and several other special features. A walking trail was already in place at the park, which covers a full city block in a largely residential area.