PARK COMMITTEE A PARK FOR THE BODY, SPIRIT AND BRAIN
The committee for the development of Crossroads Unity Family Park consists of a wide variety of people: Millie Cheek, Chairwoman
Shay Love, Fundraising Chairwoman
Earl Henderson (Ringgold City Council member, U.S. Army Veteran), Equipment and Planning Chairman Kelly Bomar (Ringgold City Councilman), City Council Liaison
Greg Gordy (U.S. Air Force Veteran)
Vanita Hullander (Catoosa County Commissioner), Fundraising Committee member
Terri Shadden, Board of Advisors with specialty in disabilities
Brian Shadden, Board of Advisors with specialty in disabilities
Nick Ware, Events, Fundraising, Logistics
Kristi Ware, Committee Secretary
Alex Ware, Committee Website Builder and Master
Coleen Williams, Publicity Chairwoman
Also serving on the Board of Advisors with Specialty in Disabilities are Shane
Shane Hullender also serves on the Equipment and Planning Committee.
Hullender and Deborah Postell;
The features of Crossroads Unity Family Park will
Here are some of the plans.
The park will be a little bigger than Little General Park
The central feature of the playground will be a “treehouse” that will sport a second-story meeting room with visual, auditory and tactile sensory stations that will appeal to all but especially to those on the autism spectrum. The meeting room will also host special events like wildlife talks with real animal visitors.
The playground will include a wheelchair swing, special slides, ramps around the tree house and more. Pavilions and shaded areas will be located around the grounds.
All-accessible restrooms will be available.
The playground will include a local history tech-based scavenger hunt developed by Ringgold/Catoosa County historian and retired Army veterinarian Bill Clark. The “Scavenger Hunt for History” will follow a series of barcodes throughout the park with questions for players about Northwest Georgia history dating from the Woodland
Indians to the 1970s. Players will use their phones to “hunt” and will be able to visit a website with answers and information about local history. assume visitors who might like to play, socialize and learn.