Greene County Conservation is looking to make some upgrades to all of its county parks.

Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation awarded $70,000 over two years for Greene County Conservation to replace the welcome signs at each of the county parks. Conservation Director Tanner Scheuermann talks about one of the projects being at the main park at Spring Lake.

“One of the big projects that we’re doing through that is kind of revamping the monument that’s there at Spring Lake. We’re working with Shive Hattery on a master plan, a signage master plan, right now that was incorporated in that grant to design and get that going. Hopefully we’ll get that done here before the end of the year.” 

Scheuermann points out all of the entrance park signs with the wooden look with yellow lettering are old and outdated. He wants to upgrade those with metal reflective lettering, which will help first responders when it comes to safety as well. Scheuermann notes all of the new signs will include a similar aspect.

“GCCB logo on it, Greene County Conservation Board logo, so it’ll be consistent across all of our areas. That’s one thing that we run into quite often is a lot of people don’t differentiate between county conservation and the DNR (Department of Natural Resources). So if we can differentiate between those two areas, people kind of have a better understanding of who manages those areas, who is in charge of those areas, and the rules and regulations on those areas as well.”    

He hopes this project will bring new life to the county parks and make it more appealing for people to enjoy.