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Walker County donates 65 tons of mulch to schools, readies new courts and park upgrades
Summary
Walker County delivered roughly 65 tons of mulch from the county landfill to area schools and a nonprofit for agricultural education; county officials also said four new pickleball courts will open this month and Adventure Acres playground surfacing has been installed; early voting dates for an April 7 runoff were also announced.
Walker County reported that roughly 65 tons of excess mulch from the Walker County Landfill’s mulch program have been delivered to local schools and to Eden’s Harvest, a county nonprofit that promotes regenerative agricultural education. The mulch will be used in agricultural classes, planters, garden beds and greenhouses at Chattanooga Valley Middle, Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle, and Rock Spring Elementary.
County media also announced that four new pickleball courts on the Walker County Civic Center campus will open later this month, with final surfacing work still in progress. Officials said the rubberized surface for the playground at Adventure Acres has been installed, and that splash pad testing, landscaping, and parking-lot work will follow later this month.
In other brief announcements, the county noted that early voting for the April 7 special runoff will take place only at the elections office from March 30 through April 2.
The transcript provides the program names and facility updates but does not include project costs, contractor names, or detailed schedules beyond the timing windows noted above.
