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Tombigbee RC&D grant helped to fund an outdoor educational stage for the town of
Belk in Fayette County. The stage was a much needed addition to the community
and the county. It will provide a communication outlet for local patrons,
educational projects for the 4-H club, boy scouts, fire department, and school
projects in Fayette County.
This project will promote arts and crafts, historic music, and theater
education throughout the community. It will also foster a place to teach
students various skills such as cultural, leadership, organizational,
communicative, and creativity.
The project provides a perfect backdrop for the annual bluegrass festival,
fire department festival, industrial recreation, and Georgia Pacific programs.
The community will reap the benefits from this project.
Other funding sources for this project included Fayette County Foundation
Program and Georgia Pacific. The Wilson Lumber Company donated the rough lumber
and Lumber Remanufacturing donated the framing materials. The Fayette County
Commission also provided assistance.
A grant from the Land & Water Conservation Department of the Interior
provided funding for the walkway handicap ramps from the parking lot, around the
stage to the Community Storm Shelter and the concession stand, walkways from the
walking trail to the concession stand and the pavilion, and a new drainage
system which eliminated the clay bank with crosstie barriers.
Of course this project would not have taken place without the large number of
volunteers from the community and surrounding areas. The volunteers worked
countless hours completing virtually all of the construction of the stage, the
handicaps ramps, walkways, and landscaping in the park.
This new outdoor educational stage is a great addition to the community!
May 2008
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