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Meeting Tonight To Discuss New Bratt Park Plan
March 31, 2009
Bratt area residents will have the chance to express their opinion on two possible layouts for the new Bratt Community Park at a meeting tonight.
One option for the new park on Highway 4 near the First Baptist Church of Bratt includes two softball fields, a full basketball court, a covered picnic pavilion and a kid’s playground.
The second option includes more green space, with one softball field, a half-court basketball court, two smaller picnic pavilions and a kid’s playground.
Both options include a paved, 8-foot wide, eight-tenths of a mile walking/biking track around the perimeter of the park. There will also be exercise and rest stations positioned along the track.
The softball fields will not be lit for night play; the park’s hours will follow that of other county parks — sunrise to sunset.
The park will be funded with $200,000 is LOST (local option sales tax) funds set aside to fund the park’s development.
The county will hold a public meeting at 6 pm. today at Shiloh Baptist Church for public input on the park plans.
Click here for a pdf of Option A for the new Bratt Community Park.
Click here for a pdf of Option B for the park.
Comments
6 Responses to “Meeting Tonight To Discuss New Bratt Park Plan”
I think they should use Plan B, but only build the Softball field on the East end of the park. That would maintain the greenspace and trees and allow for an expansion if the second softball field is deemed necessary. The Plan A option eliminates the second field, but it moves it to the west and will not allow a future expansion if it was needed.
I think this is the most efficient way to have one softball field immediately and allow for the second field at a later time. I don’t think they should cut down the trees, if it won’t be used consistently.
This is great but people have worked hard to have Bradberry Park why another one?
Fastpitch softball is very popular and we have 2 teams now that have to rotate to
practice. Go to Atmore for tennis.
I like Plan B the best! I hope they choose Plan B. I live right next to the church, so I could use it quite often!
Another great option to consider in the place of a second softball field, is a tennis court. The closets one is located in Flomaton,Al. which I wouldn’t feel comfortable letting my teenage daughter and her friends go there to play without a grown up’s supervision!
I think this Bratt, Fl park should offer our young people a variety of things to do. Not everyone plays softball!
This is all good but I think we also need 99A repaved and Hwy 4 from Century widen. Also there is a lot of roads that don’t have lines on them.
IT’S ABOUT TIME WE IN THE NORTH END START TO SEE SOME BENIFITS OF OUR TAX MONEY. IT ANGERS ME TO KNOW MY TAXES ARE BEING WASTED DOWNTOWN AND AT THE BEACH AREAS WHEN I NEVER GO THERE. WE CAN BE THANKFUL WE HAVE A COUNTY COMM. THAT LOOKS OUT FOR US.