It's wonderful to be seeing the progress that is made as Beaty Park is being developed. Besides the trails and the other features of the park the leak in the dam is also being repaired. I have told the story before of how the leak in the dam was threatening the whole future of the Beaty St. property. The claim was that the expense of repairing the dam again was a game changer that would make the whole project impractical.
And then early in the pandemic many of the neighbors were wandering in the woods and around the pond and discovered the leak was caused by a pipe in the pond, not some structural problem with the dam. I actually have a photo from when the dam was repaired the first time that shows the offending pipe. And I have a fun video that shows little baby fish swimming around and going into the pipe! So, as the park is being developed the pond is being repaired.
The park will have lots of trails as well as a more open area with gardens, a playground, picnic shelters, restrooms, and open space for play. It will be a delightful place that the whole community will enjoy not just the immediate neighborhood as some have claimed.
It's hard to capture the scope of this project in a few pictures. Remember, the property is at least 17 acres, probably more.
