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Salem Preservations McCulloch Park project is approaching its goal of $100,000 for the renovation of the park.
Members of Salem Preservation's McCulloch Park committee recently met with the McCulloch family to review plans for the restoration and re-invigoration of the park which was once the sight of the family-owned downtown Salem department store. The store had been a fixture in Salem for over one-hundred years. The architecture firm of RBF originally designed the new look for the park that sits in the heart of beautiful downtown Salem.
Salem Preservation has engaged Enviroscapes to manage the extensive plans that call for removal and reuse of all the dedicated brick pavers in a more useful configuration. The new plan will be more user-friendly for all age groups. There will be a dedicated Jackie Troll garden abutting Troll’s Jewelry Store. There will also be a new stage that costs about $5000 for musical entertainment and other cultural events. The stage will be named the Alan Freed Acoustical Stage. The new stage could be a naming opportunity for this project.
The Area residents will be able to charge their devices at the upgraded charging stations. If all goes well and enough funds are raised, there may be a possibility of having your electric car charged in the back area of McCulloch Park.
The McCulloch family was so enthusiastic with the park plans, they have offered to match dollar for dollar up to $50,000.00 for every dollar Salem Preservation raises for the park renovation. The total cost of the project is over
$100,000. A fundraising drive has recently started with letters going out to local citizens, businesses and organizations.
Salem Preservation is donating $15,000 of it’s own funds. If the fundraising campaign goes well, more features will be added to make the park more enjoyable to area residents.
Anyone wishing to participate in the McCulloch Park fund drive may do so by sending their tax-deductible donation of any amount to Salem Preservation, P.O. Box 1034, Salem, OH 44460. Please note McCulloch Park project. Ground-breaking
(or brick-lifting) will take place in early spring 2022.
For more information contact Preservation president David K. Schwartz at schwartzda@earthlink.net or 330-337-6829. Committee members Keith Berger/Graphic Touch, Jennifer Brown A Touch of Gracious Living or Karen Lehwald Carter
klehcarter@hotmail.com are also available for questions.
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