History of Parks Funding

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This brief history showcases the efforts of parks staff over recent years and how they put funds to best use:

2020:

  • Full staffing of Parks Department, eliminating need for outside contractors to complete turf maintenance, including mowing needs
  • Pond renovation at Miami View Park
  • Ball diamonds ready for reservations at Miami View and Layer parks

2019:

  • Layer Park ADA accessible asphalt path from parking lot to amenitiesOmietanski Park in 2020
  • Omietanski Park and Crains Run Park four bay swing set addition
  • Chautauqua 8th Street Park play equipment replacement
  • Chautauqua Cromer Park fall zone material replacement to engineered wood fiber mulch
  • Zengel Park and Layer Park entry sign replacement
  • Miami View Park pond aerator replacement
  • Miami View Park and Layer Park sport field renovations
  • Re-forestation program at Reeder Park, Zengel Park and Waldruhe Park

2018:

  • Reeder Park play equipment replacement 
  • Reeder Park 2-bay swing set addition. (Miami Township andReeder Park 2018 The Reeder Park Fund jointly funded this neighborhood project)
  • Layer Park play equipment replacement and shelter door replacement. Park   upgrades from the US EPA construction project included: replacement of parking lot, replacement of basketball courts and goals, replacement of single bay swing set, replacement of cooking grills and benches and replacement of 60+ native trees.
  • Waldruhe Park fall zone material replacement from sand to engineered wood fiber mulch and replacement of two bay swing set
  • Miami View Park, Omietanski Park, Zengel Park and Crains Run Park fall zone material replacement from sand to engineered wood fiber mulch
  • Zengel Park two bay swing set addition
  • Waldruhe Park replacement of entry signage and planting of trees to continue re-forestation of park

 2017:

The Board of Trustees determined the park system to be a priority for the township in the 2017 strategic plan. Trustees successfully secured alternate funding of $80,000 in 2017 that should increase $5,000 each year for 10 years.Waldrue Park

  • Remove deteriorated tennis courts at Miami View Park
  • Renovate bill diamonds at Miami View Park
  • Better access to driveways and parking lots
  • Replacement/maintenance of play equipment
  • New park entry signage