Baxter Seminary Park Construction Work Begins

Construction crews have begun concrete work at the new Baxter Seminary Park.

That according to Mayor John Martin.

“Well, we just talked about our park. We have started our park, Baxter Seminary Park,” Martin said. “And we already started walkways and pads that we are going to concrete.”

Martin said the city will continue to fundraise for the project.

“And I know we have an alumni banquet on Saturday night. And we have already got a lot of donations from individuals and alumni for our park,” Martin said. “We are going to have a pitch Saturday night requesting more funding for our park.”

Martin said Baxter will also look to apply for additional grants.

“Of course we have a $75,000 amphitheater grant and we are working on two other grants, that’s two other $20,000 grants for our park,” Martin said. “We feel pretty good about getting those, But we are really going to have a nice park, it just takes a while to get everything going.”

Baxter Seminary Park will include an arch and amphitheater. The park will also have three different historic venues branching off from the sidewalks.