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PARK IT WITH THE FOUNDATION — The Fulton County Community Foundation had Park It with the Foundation at Richland Restoration Nature Park and the Fulton County Bark
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Park It with the Foundation celebrates link between community foundation, county parks Text and Photos By LEAH SANDER Staff Writer
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The Fulton County Community Foundation has granted more than $425,000 for Fulton County Parks over the years. Fulton County Parks and Recreation Board President Bill Morton pointed that out during the FCCF’s Park It with the Foundation event
Tuesday, June 4. It was held at Richland Restoration Nature Park and the Fulton County Bark Park, a dog park, off CR 450N north of Rochester. The event was meant to bring awareness to the county parks system and highlight work completed thanks to FCCF funding. Fulton County Community Foundation Director of Development Brian Johnson said it’s the first time the foundation’s had Park It with the Foundation. “There’s a lot of people who don’t even know this place exists, and if they do, they may know that the dog park exists, but they don’t know what else is here, so there’s a total of 60 acres on this property that’s a really neat space,” he said. “We’ve got four really cool parks in the county, and one of them is really visible and the other three are just kind of off the beaten path if you don’t know where they are,” added Johnson.
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The others are Prairie Edge Nature Park, Germany Bridge County Park and Aubbeenaubbee Landing. The FCCF most recently gave monies to Richland Restoration for several elements, including another pavilion, parking spaces and more, said Johnson. He and Morton said there were more plans for Richland Restoration. “The phase that they’re kind of in right now is actually building trails (by putting in markers and maps),” said Johnson. “There’s discussion about some potential extra accessibility areas throughout the park as well.” He noted it was awesome that a former landfill has been transformed into a county park. Johnson noted the event was also “to brag a little bit about people (who’ve) helped make this space happen.” Those include Emerald Blankenship, one of several Fulton Continued on page 3
ENJOYING THE BARK PARK — Rhonda Johnson and her dogs Spock, left, and BellaMae enjoyed the Fulton County Bark Park during the Fulton County Community Foundation’s Park It with the Foundation Tuesday, June 4.
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