Dear Friends, We are so excited by the positive changes to North Pond over this past season. One big change is the dredging of the Pond to nearly 10 feet in the northern section. As a reminder, skating or walking on the ice is never permitted...
North Pond Restoration Update – December 2023 by Doug Widener While the weather turns cold this fall and winter, the North Pond Restoration Update has moved to a monthly format. While work has definitely slowed from its pace this spring and summer, the contractors are checking off...
by Doug Widener Welcome to September! Let’s start this week’s blog with the shiny silver elephant in the room (more accurately, at the Pond): rest assured, it’s going away. I am sure those who have seen it are cheering this news as am I. Throughout North Pond’s...
by Doug Widener It’s a Pond again. I started last week’s blog in a similar vein, I know. Repetitive though it may be, I just came from a walk around the Pond before sitting down to write this and that’s what hit me first. The water...
by Doug Widener North Pond is looking like a Pond again! While a few folks (geese and ducks, too) may miss the temporary land-bridge that was used for the Pond’s dredging operations, I am sure I speak for most of us in saying that it is...
By Doug Widener Trucking operations for the deepest part of the North Pond dredge continue. If work progresses at pace, we hope to complete the major earthmoving operations and dredging by mid-July. This will come as a welcome relief to everyone who loves the park and...
