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With the help of many generous individuals, foundations, and over 75 local businesses, the Northside Park and Soccer Fields Project (NSPSF) Capital Campaign has raised over 80% of the funds needed for Phase 2 and is now pushing forward on summer construction. Recently, the Livingston Youth Soccer Association (LYSA) Board of Directors and the City of Livingston accepted a bid from Rabel Logging of Belgrade for Phase 2 construction of the Park. The $298,684 bid includes only the construction costs for Phase 2 to convert approximately 7 acres of city property into green park space and two new parking lots. LYSA will need to raise an additional $55,000 – $60,000 to purchase and install trees and park benches and pathway surfacing with concrete.

Once construction is complete, Phase 2 will be open for public use 12 months after seeding to properly allow the grass to grow in.

Area residents are encouraged to visit the Park and see for themselves the huge transformation! The park is easily accessible at the corner of North 14th and Summit.

Writer Charles Finn returns to Montana with his first book, Wild Delicate Seconds: 29 Wildlife Encounters, and will read from it at Elk River Books, 115 E. Callender St., on Saturday, May 5 at 7 p.m.

Finn has been widely published in more than 50 journals, newspapers, magazines and anthologies, including Northern Lights, High Country News, Big Sky Journal, Montana Quarterly, and Montana Magazine. In his new book, he “offers twenty-nine brilliant, concise ‘micro-essays’ that describe chance encounters with wildlife. These vignettes are a celebration of animals, birds, and insects from black bears to bumble bees. Keenly observant and literary, the jewel-like pieces in Wild Delicate Seconds bring to mind the writings of Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, John Muir, and Mary Oliver.”

Finn’s reading is free and open to the public.

Park County needs a logo.  They are at the very beginning stages of the process of branding themselves – maybe an image that would work not only on letterhead, their web site, and T-shirts but also might be able to be used on license plates.  ’49′ should be incorporated in to the image.  Remember that this is for Park County – not just Livingston.  Wilsall, Springdale, Clyde Park, Cooke City, Gardiner, etc.  Granite Peak (the tallest in the state) as well as Livingston Peak.

They will be reviewing some rough sketches within the next few weeks.  The contact is Belinda Van Nurden at des@parkcounty.org (des null@null parkcounty NULL.org).  Her phone numbers are 222.4190 or 223.0165 (personal cell phone)

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