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Kellams revitalization committee seeks feasibility study after survey favors walking loop and adventure playground
Summary
A committee survey of nearly 100 respondents ranked a walking/fitness path and an "adventure playground" as top priorities; the committee asked staff to start a feasibility study and to review possible reallocation of previously proposed dog‑park funds.
The Kellams Revitalization Committee presented survey results at the Sept. 18 Town Council meeting showing strong resident interest in a walking and fitness loop and an "adventure playground" aimed at older children.
The committee representative reported nearly 100 responses and noted that 72% of respondents said they have children at home. Using both a first‑choice ranking and a consensus ordering, the walking and fitness path around Kellams ranked first overall; an adventure playground similar to nearby Dunkirk Park ranked highly as well. Exercise stations and multiuse sports areas followed. Soccer goals and an expanded baseball field placed near the bottom in the ranked responses.
Committee members said the town has set aside budget funds for many of the items under consideration and asked staff to move to a feasibility study to test what is realistic within existing site constraints and stormwater limitations. The committee requested access to public works, the town administrator and the town engineer to develop conceptual designs, budget estimates and a staged implementation plan that could be phased across budgets.
The committee also asked the county representatives present to consider whether previously proposed open‑spaces program funds for a dog park might be repurposed to support other Kellams improvements; the committee said the dog park had been removed from Kellams in an earlier submittal because of site constraints but that those funds might still be usable for related recreational upgrades.
Next steps the committee proposed include arranging engineering input on existing drainage and a feasibility study to produce cost estimates the town can consider in upcoming budgets.
