Clinton News Record, 2016-11-02, Page 3Wednesday, November 2, 2016 • News Record 3
BEFORE: The empty lot on Albert Street before the new park was created.
Empty lot
created into
modern park
Justine Alkema
Clinton News Record
There has been an empty lot
on Albert Street since 2010, and
it hasn't been doing anything
for Clinton's main street
Now, in the last couple
weeks, that space has been
transformed into a public park
with handcrafted benches and
decorative landscaping.
The new park is the brain-
child of Central Huron's new
Community Improvement
Coordinator, Angela Smith.
"I came up with an idea to
showto council [saying] that we
could do something in there
inexpensively to spruce it up,
and they loved the idea," said
Smith. "The original drawing
was very basic and plain, but I
spoke to Mark Falconer at Ver-
beeks, and he helped make it a
little more formal'
Materials for the park came
from a variety of places. Roads
Manager Tom Sinclair worked
with Smith to reuse some mate-
rials, for example the boulders
were reused from work sites
that were too big for the crusher
to handle. The rocks are meant
for seating, with one rock in the
middle to be used as a table or
foot rest.
The benches in the middle
were created by C.H.S.S. stu-
dents from the manufacturing
and construction classes. The
grade 12 construction class is
working on two more architec-
tural benches for the space that
also will likely be put in during
the spring. There also may be
more plant material put along
the back of the park in the
spring, but for now, the space is
largely completed.
The park, which is owned by
the municipality, was done
simply in case the space ends
up being repurposed or sold in
the future.
"In the meantime, it is attrac-
tive and usable;" said Smith.
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Photo courtesy of Angela Smith
AFTER: An aerial view of the new park.
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