Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Board secures grants to upgrade Prescott pool and park
Photo by Dena Wood PJPRD Board Chair Patsy Adams shows off the handicap accessible barbeque, ADA sidewalks and enlarged picnic pad that were installed in the park this year. The board seeks grants and donations for these types of improvements. Their annual levy, approved by voters, is used for the operations and maintenance of the pool and park.
PRESCOTT – Unlike city pools in the neighboring towns of Waitsburg and Dayton, which are funded by tax dollars and maintained by the cities, the Prescott pool is funded through an annual levy and maintained by the Prescott Parks and Recreation District (PJPRD). Each November the PJPRD must seek community support to pass a maintenance and operations levy that will keep the pool, and Field View Park, operating for another year.
"Funds from our yearly tax levy run the pool and the park," said pool co-manager Len Conlee. "Gate revenues and grants fund equipment replacements, upgrades, and improvem...
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