Improvements and new features are on the way to Heritage Park this summer.
Electrical outlets and an overhead light have already been installed in the park’s pavilion, which can be used by those renting the on-site Heritage House facility. More parking, a restored pedestrian bridge, a life-size chess set and nighttime movie showings are also planned to become a reality later this season, according to Chattanooga Parks and Recreation Director of Parks Glenn Sheppard.
“Any day of the week you can see anyone from one to 100 out there walking the trails and enjoying the park,” he said. “This is a well-developed park and it’s being well-used.”
That’s part of the reason Sheppard said he and his staff are working hard to see that gravel is added to the current overflow parking lot and that the covered pedestrian bridge which links the facility to Bruster’s Ice Cream is restored.
The bridge is currently unsafe because someone hit it last year and knocked it off its foundation, but Sheppard said he plans to bid out a contract sometime this summer for its repair.