KITCHENER Historians are pushing to save a Cold War-era nuclear fallout bunker in Kitchener’s Schneider Park from demolition as the shelter’s fate is set to be determined by Region of Waterloo council this summer. “It’s kind of forgotten,” said Mark Reesor, founder of the Waterloo Bunker Association. “I wish it was appreciated more. These are quite rare.” The association has launched a petition pushing regional council to keep the shelter standing and convert it into an educational site. “We’d like to see it restored, brought back to its original state and then be opened to the pubic to be toured,” Reesor said.
Durango’s 35 parks that ‘make life better’
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A guide to the city’s valued green spaces By Shannon Mullane Durango and Pine River Valley reporter
Saturday, May 1, 2021 5:33 AM Jessica Iudiciani, left, watches her son Hudson Rizzo, 2, climb the slide in Animas City Park on Thursday, as Nova Oberle watches her son, Cash Oberle, 7, make his way up. Animas City Park near 32nd Street and along East Second Avenue is possibly Durango’s oldest park. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald Santa Rita Park is home to several sculptures and the Emma Sweeny, a restored relic locomotive built in Hollywood for the 1950 movie, “Ticket to Tomahawk.” It also has a large grassy field and will have more amenities added later this year.
PLAIN TWP. – The township will ask voters this May to approve a levy to support parks operations.
Voters will see a 5-year, 1-mill parks and recreation operation levy on their May 4 primary ballot. The levy, which would cost the owner of a $100,000 home about $35 annually, would generate $887,444 a year.
It s the township s second attempt at getting residents to support the parks with tax dollars. Voters rejected a request for a 1.5-mill levy in 2019 by about 350 votes.
Township leaders are more confident about this levy request.
The 2019 request came at a bad time when property owners had just received tax reappraisals. After it failed, the township went back to the drawing board to figure out what voters would approve, said Scott Haws, president of the Plain Township Board of Trustees.