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hoods with that in mind. Now, after 12 between the two that will eventually give profligate. It's halfway through a five-
<br /> years
<br /> away,Fenton says Columbus resi- the recreation and parks department a year, $25 million park improvement
<br /> dents are fully park-savvy. "Now," he huge multiuse park site of close to 800 bond passed in a 1995 referendum that,
<br /> says, "people call me three weeks after acres. Fenton hopes people will look at while welcome,doesn't come close to
<br /> they buy a new house and say,I live in this park,already 20 years in the making, the $65 million worth of needs th
<br /> the city of Columbus,where are my Tacit and buy into the department's overall department had identified.Some of I
<br /> ities?' I tell them I'm working on it, but philosophy. land purchases need immediate develop-
<br /> it's going to take awhile." "This park will be a reality because ment athletic fields are being planned
<br /> The competition between neighbor- somebody had the foresight to acquire for the three recent west-side acquisi-
<br /> hoods for recreation facilities isn't lim- that land back in 1968—and I'm sure he lions, and in the meantime, the sites
<br /> ited to those demanding facilities where was criticized,"Fenton says."Today,we must be maintained or interim uses
<br /> none currently exist Residents of older would have had to pay$1.5 million to get found for them. (Portions of the south-
<br /> neighborhoods see new parks going into it, and 20 years from now it would cost side land are being leased to farmers so
<br /> new neighborhoods and want their older us$5 million.' revenue can be generated.)The depart-
<br /> facilities refurbished. "People ask me The department can't afford to be too meet is also looking at potential partner-
<br /> "This park will Ilea reality a *11
<br /> A 1 f m ,'Oa4V bemuse somebody len .
<br /> ��, 1 ° - ''°
<br /> the foresight to wire ,
<br /> that I i, , each in 1968—
<br /> and I'm sure he way _
<br /> aims, if
<br /> Why Does It Take To
<br /> whether it's a bigger priority to fix up old Protect A Gymnasium Floor?
<br /> facilities or develop new ones, and the
<br /> answer really depends on what neigh-
<br /> ' - borhood I happen to be in at the time the With our COVERMATE; it takes 2 people only 30 min. tf
<br /> question's asked."says Fenton. protect the floor and convert a gym into a multi-use facility!
<br /> A park planner in a city the size of
<br /> Columbus,therefore.has to construct a asy does it,every time COVERMATE"' is the ingenious cover handling
<br /> framework for determining the whats Esystem by COVER.NLASTER'.It lets you install,remove and store a gym
<br /> and wheres of land acquisition—a phi- floor cover the quick and easy way.
<br /> losophy of current versus future needs. Just lock the unit in place and pull out the cover a section at a time.To
<br /> You make your best deals by buying remove the cover,just do the reverse.Attach each cover section to its roller
<br /> before an area is fully developed, but
<br /> then you must commit scarce resources and wind it back up.To store the entire cover,simply roll the mobile system
<br /> to projects that may be 10 years away out of the wav and you'll have it ready for the next event
<br /> from fruition—a trade-off that residents Easy as pie,every time,guaranteed!
<br /> may or may not understand. POWERMATE
<br /> COVERCLEAN PROTECTIVE GYM
<br /> "As I look to planning 20 years down r- ti X
<br /> the road, and I see a piece of land that ..7- 's" FLOOR COVERS— 4 ,erg 1
<br /> we could get now for a tenth of what } j g CO'EBMASTEB0 offers a .'. } ' "
<br /> well have to pay then,I want to get it," J ;m complete range of custom - - -5:-.< V
<br /> Fenton says."But there are other people / a made,fully warranted 3 ,Alt
<br /> who say, `Wait a minute, we've got a y +! Hoot ' to snit :
<br /> neighborhood right here that needs facil- t any particular need and i ' °`
<br /> ities.'It's hard to look to the future when The optional COVERCLEA`'" Your budget. POWERMATE is a labor sating
<br /> CALL FOR arces.sory that easily winds up the
<br /> you have immediate needs." cncsh assembly sue:ps cur corer p
<br /> Lazelle Road Park, an example of while sou wind it'cazli up on the SAMPLES TODAY! longest of cuter sections.Ideal for
<br /> immediate need,vividly demonstrates C01ERMAFE" frequent users.
<br /> the trade-off.The city purchased the 39-
<br /> acre parcel three years ago from the 12111SEDIER -
<br /> Worthington School District for about cirvEnomAsTER e ` '`
<br /> $42,000 an acre—that's more than$1.6 „„o�"„• .vi r
<br /> million ra in land the costs u for the project. covERmAsTER r I Meanwhile,on the south side of the cf CALL TOLL FREE Fenton recently oversaw the purchase of - , .
<br /> 300 acres for roughly$1.3 million. The - , - at 1.800.387.58Q
<br /> land sits very near a 300-acre park that - . _. . ;' . „s FOR A FREE COVERMATE" VIOL
<br /> was purchased in 1968, and Fenton is I MASTERS IN THE ART OF SPORTS SURFACE COVERS I 'and GYM FLOOR COVER HANDBOOK I
<br /> close to acquiring a smaller piece of land CO''ERSISTER INC,100 WESTMORE CR.11.0,REXDALE,ON,N91,5C3 TEL 416745.1811 FAX 415,744OVER(742.6837)
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