Community Foundation Park Undergoes Facelift

By 250 News

Click on photo  for video of  wall being demolished  ( photo Opinion250 staff)

The work to transform Community FOundation Park at 7th and Dominion Street in Prince George  has begun.  The  bowl fountain that was the centre of the  monument has already been removed, and  work had begun to remove the  east wall.

The plan calls for the west wall, the one with the mural, to remain standing.  While this initial work will  see new paving stones installed and the area cleaned up,  the eventual  look will  be what  you see at right,  complete with new fountain, new plants, and an open,  inviting space.

In a report to Prince George City Council in March of this year, Manager of Parks, Bill Gaal noted the  problems the park and the fountain  faced over the years.  He referred to a letter  written  back in 1980 by former Councillor Carrie Jane Gray  "Unfortunately there were a great number of citizens with no imagination who got their kicks  from thowing soap flakes in the pool, breaking the reflective lights and wee-weeing in the pool."

In more recent years, the  curved walls have acted as screening for all sorts of unsavoury  behaviour. The current work will cost  between $20 -$30 thousand dollars, but has already been budgeted for.  The total bill for changing the park from what it was to what  is envisioned is  just under  half a million.

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