- Last Updated on Friday, 30 January 2015 19:05
The North Belle Vernon Community Bank Park Renovation Project is in place and set, ready for the weather to break this spring to get started.
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Other than the addition of the youth synthetic soccer field and street/Dek hockey court, the renovation project will enhance some of the already existing attractions.
The children's playground area will be modernized and updated according to American Disabilities Act (ADA) and American playground standards, the restroom facilities will become ADA -friendly, and new LED lighting will take the place of the stadium lights that now exist but do not work. Additionally, the horse shoe pits and the grass volley ball court will be upgraded. New 20-foot-high fencing will surround the youth soccer field on three sides and the hockey court will be completely engulfed within a 12-foot-high fence. Both the youth soccer field and the hockey court will have 60-inch high safety padding to keep all participants safe for both sports.
Youth sporting organizations have already inquired into using the facility as both a practice and or game facility. The BVA high school soccer teams will use the facility for practices and 3V3 games. Companies, multi-families, and organizations have asked about the availability to hold company/employee picnics at the park. Summer-long special programs including cooking classes, arts and crafts workshops, and outdoor exercise classes, movies in the park at night, concerts, and fundraisers. These attractions and other festivities promise to make the NBV – Community Bank Park one of the premier attractions in the Mon Valley. Visitors are expected to exceed 16,000 per year.
Borough officials are initiating drug and vandalism fighting actions for the park. There will be a heavy presence of both uniformed and plain clothes police officers at the park at any given time. Other law enforcement agencies will also be asked to run drug busting operations at the NBV-Community Bank Park to insure the safety of all participants. The park itself is completely fenced in and is under 24/7-hour surveillance via cameras.
The newly renovated outdoor facility will provide local businesses a great opportunity to increase their customer base by advertising their business at the park. Four different advertising/marketing packages are in place for companies of different sizes can utilize the park to increase their customer base. With the customer demographics being widely varied, the NBV – Community Bank Park will be an advantage to many different local businesses in the Mon Valley.
Photo: Park
