Mary Grindstaff, foreground, and Allie Lahmers, watch their youngsters from two adult swings on the playground at Dunlap, Tenn.’s Harris Park. Both said they’d like to see the proposal for an expansion go through.
A state grant will fund half the cost of a $350,000 expansion of Dunlap, Tenn.’s Harris Park, reclaiming the sites of the former Sequatchie County Jail and the city’s maintenance building.
Yonna Weldon, assistant to Dunlap Mayor Dwain Land and the person overseeing the project, said Monday that the required environmental review is complete and she expects to get more details from the state on Dunlap’s matching obligations this week.
“We have been funded about $176,000,” Weldon said of funding from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Local Parks and Recreation grant. The city has to balance that with city money or in-kind work.
Weldon said the city’s old maintenance buildings will be demolished, along with other in-kind work, as part of the 50 percent local commitment. The buildings were battered by heavy storms in April 2011.
“What we’re doing is working with the money they’ve given us and pulling some plans together,” she said. “We’ll probably finalize plans over the next two or three weeks.”