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Effingham County reopens Baker Pond Community Park after renovation funded by SPLOST
Summary
Effingham County marked the grand reopening of Baker Pond Community Park with a ribbon-cutting that highlighted a redesigned walking trail, staff and contractor recognition, and county plans to upgrade additional parks using SPLOST funds.
Effingham County officials held a ribbon-cutting Saturday to mark the grand reopening of Baker Pond Community Park following a renovation that added a redesigned and repaved walking trail and other amenities.
County manager Tim Cownan said the county’s parks and recreation master plan showed Baker Pond as residents’ second-favorite park and that public feedback prioritized walking trails over additional sports fields. "The number 1 thing that people requested more of, and it was far above the number 2, was walking trails," Cownan said, and the county used that input to…
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