Fulton’s Lincoln Center park plans underway

By EVELYN LONG -

It will be called the Lin­coln Cen­ter Park and will be located in the heart of the vil­lage of Ful­ton and when it is com­pleted it will be a pic­turesque site for fam­ily activ­i­ties rang­ing from ball games to a 539 (one quar­ter mile) foot walk­ing path around the outer bor­der of the park, a shel­ter house and a play­ground for the young­sters. There will also be a Memo­r­ial brick area. The ball area will include a base­ball dia­mond, a bas­ket­ball court and a tether ball area.

Teri Hick­man, Ful­ton mayor, and Mar­sha Car­roll, are co-chairing a com­mit­tee whose goal is to develop the park with the help of a grant, dona­tions from sup­port­ers and work by vol­un­teers. Com­mit­tee mem­bers are Randy Burns, Nancy Cic­cone, Deanna Cox and JoAnn Krock.

The pro­posed park ground, once the site of the Ful­ton School, runs from West Main Street to Wood­bine Street. A tree, planted by stu­dents attend­ing the school in the early 1960’s will be ded­i­cated when the park is devel­oped. The ball field will be named the Bob Hold Base­ball field in mem­ory of Hold who was a sup­porter of and active with young­sters’ ball teams.

Hick­man and Car­roll said the com­mit­tee is work­ing on the design and cost esti­mates prepar­ing to apply for grants to help finance the park. Let­ters have been sent to those who attended Ful­ton School, to Ful­ton res­i­dences and to local busi­nesses seek­ing dona­tions that include labor, mon­e­tary or time. They remind peo­ple that these dona­tions are tax deductible and a receipt will be provided.

The women said they antic­i­pate that the baseball/softball field will be ready for play by next spring. When the shel­ter house is com­pleted it will be a place for fam­i­lies, orga­ni­za­tions, reunions, etc. to meet. The150 x 50 foot play­ground will be filled with equip­ment that will offer chil­dren a diver­sity of enter­tain­ment. Included will be an Early Child­hood swing; Spring mates Chip­monk, Duck, Pony and Tur­tle; a duo see saw, a heavy duty swing set, and a tire swing.

The back­ground of the park begins in 1872 when a town­ship hall (IOOF) build­ing was con­structed and located near the cen­ter of Lin­coln Town­ship. This was the birth of Lin­coln Cen­ter Vil­lage. In 1881 Lin­coln Cen­ter Vil­lage became the vil­lage of Ful­ton. The park will be called Lin­coln Cen­ter Park in honor of Lin­coln Town­ship and the orig­i­nal name for the vil­lage of Fulton.

Hick­man said that devel­op­ment of the park will be done with all local labor and local esti­mates will be sought.

“We want the com­mu­nity to know that what we’re doing here it for the kids, fam­i­lies and the com­mu­nity. It will be open to every­one,” said Hickman.

For more infor­ma­tion or to make a dona­tion con­tact Hick­man at 419–864-9155 or Cic­cone at 419–864-9194.

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