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Town of Newburgh parks board reviews master-plan mission, Lou Dennis playground schedule
Summary
The Town of Newburgh Parks Board reviewed proposed mission and planning-area language for its parks master plan, discussed a primary/secondary planning-area approach, and heard updates on Lou Dennis Community Park’s playground schedule, a parks security assessment and FEMA-funded trail repairs.
At its March 7 meeting the Town of Newburgh Parks Board reviewed draft mission-language for the parks master plan, discussed how to define the plan’s service area, and received updates on the Lou Dennis Community Park playground schedule and multiple maintenance items.
A parks staff member presented three proposed mission statements and asked the board to review purpose-language used in prior master plans. The staff member said the board’s existing wording had been repeated for “the past 5 or 6” master plans and that the Department of Natural Resources had asked the board to change its stated purpose. “I do like in the original, the preserve, protect, and manage,” the staff member said, urging members to suggest edits or return comments by email.
Board members focused heavily on where…
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