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Parks director updates court on Pine Knob Trails, pickleball, skate park and indoor rec study
Summary
Parks & Rec Director Tommy Barton told the Boyle County Fiscal Court that field rehabs are near complete, Pine Knob Trails is named and moving forward, pickleball and skate-park designs are in progress, and an indoor rec MOA is being shaped with hospital and city partners.
Tommy Barton, Boyle County’s Parks & Recreation director, told the Fiscal Court on Feb. 10 that the county’s joint city–county capital projects are advancing and that staff are preparing budget and operational details.
"We are 90% completed on that," Barton said of the baseball/softball infield rehab, while cautioning that weather remains the primary obstacle to finishing the final portion of work. Barton said the Alum Springs Mountain Bike Park now has an official community name — Pine Knob Trails — and that the trail alliance and a city–county committee are finalizing signage and an annual operating budget. He added that Pine Knob will have its own line item inside the parks budget.
Barton described pickleball courts and a skate park as being in the design phase; staff received the first pickleball renderings and will seek feedback from user groups before proceeding to a second drawing. He also said that replacement playground parts for Millennium Park are on hand and that staff plan to install a rubber play surface when weather permits. On an indoor recreation concept, Barton said staff and the hospital are running a public survey (about 600 responses reported) and expect to discuss a stakeholders’ meeting and a recommendation in April.
Barton noted construction timing will depend on weather and funding. The court did not take additional formal action on the projects at the Feb. 10 meeting.
