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<br /> 06/,27/05 FRI 18:12 FA% 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN X001 <br /> E U G E N E <br /> Parks and <br /> opon space N E ~N S R E L E A S E <br /> www.a.eugene.or.uslparks <br /> Flay 27, 2005 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> ¦ Carolyn Weiss, parks and Open Space Planner, 682-4914 <br /> ¦ Therese Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814 or 682-4800 <br /> F10R' IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> Acorn Park Neighbors Invited to Help Design their Neighborhood Park <br /> On Wednesday, June 1, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Atom Park neighbors are invited to a workshop to <br /> 'sham ideas for improving their neighborhood park. Funding is now available through a federal Community <br /> Qevelopment Block Grant to make improvements to the park located between Acom Park Road and Buck <br /> Street, south of 14th Avenue. Construction may occur as early as this summer. The workshop will be held at <br /> McComack Elementary Library at 1968 Brittany in Eugene. <br /> The 2.5-acre park currently includes a children's play structure. basketball court, and hard-surface <br /> piths. Neighborfiood parks, which serve residents within about ahalf-mile, or 10-minute, walking distance, <br /> can include the following: a children's play area, accessible pathways. park furniture such as benches, <br /> p~cniG tables, trash receptacles, and open space for recreation and relaxation. They typically do not include <br /> i this f©Ilowing: restrooms, off-street parking, programmed athletics, skateparks, dog off-leash areas, and <br /> .;,other facilities that attract visitors from a distance greater than the park's service area. <br /> For more information or to give input, call 682-4914 or e-mail Carolyn.].weiss(g~cl.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />