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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 6/7/2004 |
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FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT: Gloria Chatelain, 817-399-2069 |
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| About 40 elementary school students from Hurst-Euless-Bedford and Grapevine-Colleyville school districts will appear before the Euless City Council at 7p.m., Tuesday, June 8 to propose a new park and wildlife preserve, McCormick Park Preserve. The students have worked with Ion Design Group for months, studying the new park and providing input for Tuesday night's presentation. Euless City Hall is located at 201 N. Ector Drive, 76039.
Plans are for McCormick Park Preserve to provide residents with an open wilderness area; two parking areas; two ponds; hiking trails (including a trail that meanders under a bridge); bird watching area; pavilion; play ground; nature center; tree and flora identification; and a historic tree grove. Once complete, students will conduct water studies, erosion measures and other experiments for science classes. Gloria Chatelain, science coordinator for HEB ISD, has worked with students at Lakewood Elementary School and North Euless Elementary School to come up with suggestions that will encourage use of the park and help with their studies. Student suggestions that will be presented Tuesday night include creating maps for trail hiking and area identification; animal photos and paw print photos on an information sheet; butterfly garden; bat houses; picnic tables and benches; garbage cans; hill area telescope for viewing from the bridge; a sundial model; and the addition of dirt paths. Students visited the park in March and came up with their list of design additions, which they presented to Ion Design Group, the environmental engineering firm working with the City of Euless on the park project. "The kids are ecstatic," Chatelain said. "They learned so much and contributed good ideas to complete the design. We are sharing the development with Bear Creek Elementary School, so this venture is a joint Grapevine-Colleyville and HEB partnership," she said. -30- HEB - Empowering Today to Excel Tomorrow |
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