BAKER — Construction is under way on a $3.2 million improvement project at BREC’s Greenwood Community Park off La. 19.
Members of the Recreation and Park Commission of East Baton Rouge Parish and invited guests attended a program Wednesday that officially marked start of construction at the 150-acre facility that includes Dumas Golf Course.
The park also borders BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo and J.S. Clark Park and Golf Course. Site improvements in the first phase of construction include a realigned entrance drive, asphalt parking areas, site lighting, a splash pad, enhanced lake access, an outdoor amphitheatre and stage, a realigned disc golf course, picnic areas and restrooms.
In addition, Raising Cane’s is donating $70,000 for a new dog park and ExxonMobil is donating $50,000 to install science trails around Cypress Bayou Lake.
The renovations were outlined in the Greenwood Park Master Plan, developed with public input to determine the community’s opinion of existing facilities and its vision of what the park should be.
The master plan was completed in 2005 by BREC’s Planning and Engineering Department.
Funding for these renovations is from proceeds of the “Imagine Your Parks” tax that East Baton Rouge Parish voters approved in November 2004.
The money is dedicated to the refurbishing of neighborhood parks and development of 12 community level parks as well as the improvement of special facilities, walking trails, aquatics and maintenance.