As happens every year, the months seem to have gone by quickly, summer hardly got here and then it was gone and now colder temperatures and December are upon us.
Greetings from the Village of Mt. Zion! Our construction season is somewhat winding down. Crews are still busy in Fletcher Park with the construction of the amphitheater, open pavilion and the enclosed pavilion. The old Sulphur Springs School has completed its move to the park but is not yet in its final location and the wooden walkways and bridges are under construction.
There is some speculation that the heavier than normal rainfalls started when we broke ground on the Park in 2008 and those rains have continued ever since. On August 7th I reported there was about 22 inches of rain during the construction season so far in 2009. As of December 1st the total was 41.5 inches. The lake at Fletcher Park is full!
With all of the rain, the construction at the Park is about 6-8 weeks behind schedule. We had hoped for a Blue Ribbon Night (July 3) opening celebration of the park but that celebration may now be a fall festival type event.
The bid for the Henderson Street Bypass (which will become two streets with the names of Fletcher Park Boulevard and Braves Parkway) has been awarded so work will start on the bypass this coming spring. The bypass will take you from approximately the south entrance of the Intermediate School over to Main Street near the fire department and should help alleviate the traffic congestion during the school year.
The Christmas decorations are up and the holiday season is here! The Christmas Parade will be Saturday December 5 at 10:00 AM. Letters to Santa are being collected at Village Hall. And the annual home decoration contest sponsored by the Mt. Zion Chamber of Commerce, Mt. Zion Economic Development Corporation and the Mt. Zion Recreation Department is ready for contestants. If you see a nicely decorated house, call Village Hall (864-5424) with the address.
All of us here at the Village would like to wish you a very happy Holiday Season and hope that you have a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year.
