Committee Members for Parks & Recreation:

Cindy & Tim Butera, Wayne & Cecelia Neal, Deb Race, Shirley Brown and Troy Johnson

Rec Department Update:

The Town of Alpine along with the parks & rec committee are busy working on a few projects and ideas to help make Alpine a better place to live and provide some more recreational opportunities.

In the past couple of months, there have been a few meetings involving the parks & rec committee, some people from Alpine and in areas south of Alpine and the Alpine Town Council where the topic focused on getting a skate park in Alpine.  There is a lot of interest in for a skate park in Alpine.  Because of the interest in this project, the Alpine Town Council decided to look into funding options for a skate park, location of a skate park and getting answers for other questions on a skate park.   Right now, the preferred location for a skate park is located directly north of the Alpine Fire Department.  The Town owns this ground, so the skate park could be located there and eventually this ground could be used for other recreational opportunities.   As you probably have noticed on our web site, there is a place to cast your vote on a skate park in Alpine.  Please take the time to give us your thoughts by using the poll services.      As more work is accomplished on a skate park, the web site will be updated with new information.

The parks & rec committee also have been given information about the possibility of getting some grant money to help put in a 8 foot wide bike / pedestrian pathway along the Grey’s River road.  The Town has received some grant money to look at possible designing and location of a pathway.    Work will be done on this project this winter.  Watch for more information on this project as it becomes available on the web site and discussed in town council meetings. 

The parks & rec committee will be working on recreational and sports programs for our youth starting next summer.  The town received some grant money to hire a part time person this upcoming summer to coordinate, organize and promote programs to use the ball diamond as much as possible.   With the new ball diamond in place, Alpine is ready to put this field to good use.

If you have any questions, comments and especially if you want to help on any of these projects, please contact the Town Hall for more information.  The Town could really use more help in all of these areas.  For each of the three projects the Town is working on, the success of the program and getting them going really depends on volunteer help we receive.   The grant money the Town has received and grants that we will be applying for  is only a part of the funding solution and in order to receive the funding, the Town has to have volunteer help in the construction stage, especially on the skate park and pathway projects.  Watch for more information about these projects and what help will be needed in the future.

If you would like to help on the parks & rec committee, please contact the town, even if you live outside of the Alpine area.