New bridges

Four new bridges are again allowing access to all 42 acres of Greene County Parks & Trails’ (GCP&T) Sara Lee Arnovitz Nature Preserve, 350 Kinsey Rd., after new bridges built with composite materials were installed.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate and rededicate the park will be held beginning at 10 a.m., Friday at the Kinsey Road entrance to the preserve.

The nature preserve was donated in the memory of Sara Lee Arnovitz by her children, Beverly A. Saeks, Theodore M. and Tala S. Arnovitz, as well as her grandchildren, Scott Arnovitz, Roger and Jennifer Schoenfeld, Sumner and Pamela Saeks and Carrie Saeks in 1984 to the Greene County Park District.

A portion of the 43 acres (13 acres) was donated by Theodore M. and Tala S. Arnovitz, Beverly A. Saeks, Carolyn Forbes, Pauline E. Eleyet, Fred W. Forbes, Herman A. Eleyet, J. Thomas Wood and Nancy Jo Wood.

The project was funded by the GCP&T levy, which was passed in 2015. Contractor for the project was Composite Advantage.

GCP&T’s Sara Lee Arnovitz Nature Preserve offers a diverse wetlands habitat with a boardwalk trail. Early in 2017, a severe storm destroyed two bridges on the trail and made it impassable. The old bridges, Greene County Park District Commission President John Finlay says, were made out of a combination of wood decking and railing with steel supports.

GCP&T is working on multiple construction and renovation projects throughout Greene County that are funded by the 2015 levy.

For more information about the Sara Lee Arnovitz Nature Preserve ribbon-cutting ceremony or any GCP&T project, contact the park agency at 937-562-6440 or visit www.gcparkstrails.com.