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Chatham board expecting busy summer at Crellin

Feb 18, 2014 7:40 am
Emilia Teasdale is reporting in the Columbia Paper the Chatham Town Board is giving consideration to how it will provide a temporary solution for the lack of shelter and bathrooms at Crellin Park this summer, before it borrows the needed funds to build a new pavilion and bathrooms at the beach for the 2015 season. The old structure was torn down last spring. During the summer the recreation program used a second pavilion further away from the pond for changing and the snack bar. There were portable toilets at the beach but no structure to provide shelter. Deputy Clerk and Recreation Director Sheri Franks said the children found shade beneath trees last year but she is worried about having more 90-degree and hotter days again this summer. Franks said she would research tents and trailers, though she warned board members alternatives could be cost prohibitive. Read the full story in the Columbia Paper.