BRAZIL, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV)— Craig Park is working on the finishing touches on the new bridge connecting their north and south trails that will complete the Wilma Dean Trail in Craig Park.
This bridge was a multi-year project that got slowed down during COVID. This bridge will now allow people and their pets to walk the whole trail and not have to stop and turn around to get to the other side of the water in the park. This bridge was made possible thanks to a $250,000 grant from the Indiana DNR, along with donations from businesses and community members. In total, this project for the bridge and trail in Craig Park cost $750,000 over the years to complete.
President of the Clay County Parks Association Craig Johnson mentioned that this bridge will also help honor someone very important to the Clay County Parks Association and honor her dream of completing the trail that is named after her.
“Wilma Dean was a board member for the Clay Community Parks Association. She always just had this great vision of completing things and so that’s why the trail is named after her and now we’re able to connect the bridge. Unfortunately, she passed away and Phil Redenbarger, one of our other board members, really took up the mission to kind of get this completed because we started it before COVID and kind of got delayed during COVID and finally, were able to get the funding and get it finished.”
Craig Park will be hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the opening of the bridge that is scheduled for Saturday, October 25th at Noon in Craig Park. To learn more about the Clay County Parks Association, click here to visit their Facebook page. If you or someone you know is interested in joining the Clay County Parks Association or donating to their organization, click here to visit their website.
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