A vacant 2.7-acre site in a residential neighborhood that was once home to an elementary school in Roswell may be transformed into a new public park.
Members of the Roswell City Council have voted in support of a project that would be built at 2301 S. Virginia Ave, with initial work seeing the installation of an irrigation system.
An earlier vote in May by the city’s General Services Committee also approved the project.
The project, to be undertaken by the City of Roswell’s Parks and Recreation Department, will also include construction of a canopy and a handful of both benches, tables, and playground sets.
The site was formerly the home of the Chisum Elementary School which was closed in 2005 due to a declining enrollment. It was subsequently demolished. In 2017, the City of Roswell purchased the site with the intention of eventually building a park there.
Funding to the tune of $400,000 to plan, design, and build the new park will come partly from the state’s Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan.
City officials say the next step in making the park reality will come in soliciting public input on what the park should include and look like.
By Garry Boulard
