Lions Way Trailhead Park will be dedicated at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16, according to Richard Ramseyer, chair of the Bluffton Pathway Board and president of the Bluffton Lions Foundation.
The event takes place at the trailhead picnic shelter near Comfort Inn on Commerce Lane and will include a ribbon cutting.
The Trailhead park project involves construction of a picnic shelter with concrete pad and wheel chair assessable ramp, picnic tables, identification signs, bike stand on concrete pad, drinking fountain, plantings and landscaping.
Future phases could include park benches, shade trees, restroom, parking and prefabricated play structure.
The parks location is ideally positioned as the comprehensive bike and pedestrian pathway master plan is implemented.
Fred Steiner, CEO of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, added that this is another important step in the process as Bluffton becomes an attractive tourist destination point.
It is Phase 1 of a four-part phase of additions to the trailhead. This phase of the project cost over $33,000 and was supported by a grant from the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation and local supporters of the Lions Way biking, running and walking path.
A Lions Way leaders and donors recognition plaque is available for viewing along Commerce Lane across from the picnic shelter.
Bluffton Pathway board members are Greg Denecker, Dr. James Harder, Mitch Kingsley, Richard Ramseyer, John Rich and Fred Steiner. Village liaisons are Jamie Mehaffie and Joe Sehlhorst.
Bluffton Lions Foundation board members are Greg Denecker, Lowell Hostetler, Mitch Kingsley, Stephanie Larcom, Colleen Lazar, Richard McGarrity, Barbara Plaugher, Richard Ramseyer, Willis Sommer and Ed Yeager.
The dedication is open to the public.
