(Editor Note: The Community Foundation is able to do good works like this because of the support of the community. See how you can help through programs like the GiveMore 24 campaign, happening this week.)
Thanks to community donations and volunteers, Vancouver’s Marine Park received a much-needed facelift over the summer. The City of Vancouver invites the community to join them in the park on Sept. 25 to officially recognize and thank the businesses and partners that made this project possible.
The recognition event begins at 12 p.m. in Marine Park in the park shelter, located on Southeast Marine Park Way, next to the Water Resources Education Center.
The Marine Park improvement project was paid for with a $50,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Southwest Washington. The grant was made possible thanks to a donation from the Shirley and Jim Johnson Charitable Fund. With those funds and the volunteer efforts of members from the Southwest Washington Contractors Association (SWCA), 13 picnic tables were removed and replaced, a drinking fountain was added and landscaping repairs were made in the park.
The local SWCA members contributing equipment and labor to the project were Anchor Concrete, Catworks Construction, Excavator Rental Services, Halbert Construction Services, LLC, North Fork Landscape Inc., Precision Bounding, LLC, Precision Rebar & Accessories, Inc., Stellar J, Twice the Light, Inc. and Waste Connections Inc.
Marine Park is located on Southeast Marine Park Way, off Columbia Way, just east of the Water Resources Education Center in Vancouver. The park is a trailhead for the popular Waterfront Renaissance Trail and features a variety of amenities, including a playground, restrooms, covered picnic shelters, open lawn, a baseball backstop and a boat launch.
