NorCo Council Approves Municipal Park Grants

At their Thursday night meeting, NorCo Council approved the following municipal park grants:

Bangor - $9,659 for playground equipment at Memorial Park.

Hellertown - $52,575 to replace wooden steps at Dimmick Park with concrete steps, and develop a naturalized swale.

N. Catasaqua - $7,500 for a trail plan for a trail network within the borough.

N. Catasauqua - $8,000 for shade structures at William J Albert Memorial Park. "A shade structure used to be a tree," remarked Council member John Cusick. Several trees had to be removed because of storm damage. These canopies are considered safer, and trees have maintenance costs.

Pen Argyl - $75,000 for concession stand improvements at Weona Park.

Wind Gap - $79,303 for a trail at Wind Gap Park.

Bushkill Stream Conservancy - $50,000 to stabilize Bushkill Creek between Tatamy and Palmer Tp.

Bushkill Tp - $38,635.51 for split rail fence and other improvements (canoe launch) at Albert Ponds Park.

Lower Nazareth Tp - $150,000 for walking trail and bathroom at Newburg Community Park.

Palmer Tp - $106,570 to upgrade a stoneparking lot at Riverview Park, rebuild walking trail and repair softball fields.

Plainfield Tp- $34,797.50 for a pavillion at Municipal Building Park.

All of these grants are matched.