Parks board approves letters of intent to seek KEDCO preapproval for Chinworth Bridge work and Syracuse trail extension

The Kosciusko County Parks and Recreation Board voted to submit letters of intent to the KEDCO cap committee as a pregrant step for two projects: renovation work at Chinworth Bridge Park and a mirror submission of the LOI that Syracuse Wawasee submitted for the South trail extension.

Board members moved and seconded a motion to prepare and submit the LOIs after Amy Rowe explained that the LOI (letter of intent) functions as a preapproval tool. "The LOI is the official tool in which the cap committee...can then approve the project and open it to application," Rowe said. She told the board that the LOI no longer requires a draft budget, has a short character limit, and is meant to confirm whether a project meets…