Applegate Valley’s premier community-run park is getting a make-over! The Greater Applegate Community Development Corporation (GACDC) is beginning a drive to raise funds to rehabilitate the park’s well-used 40-year-old playground. Over $50,000 will be needed. Parents, kids, private foundations, Jackson County Parks, businesses, non-profits, artists, and residents from the local area are all getting-in on the act. We’ll tell you more about this wonderful project in the coming months.

In the meantime, we’d like to thank some of our local businesses that have come on board early and seen the wisdom of investing in our community: Brewster Accounting Services, Pioneer Financial Planning, Ramsay Realty, Applegate Valley Realty, Jacksonville-Applegate Rotary Club, Applegate Garden Club, Jacksonville Veterinary Hospital and the Jacksonville Inn! We hope you’ll consider helping out, too—it’s a tax deduction!

Please visit www.gacdc.org to learn more or contact Tom Carstens, Chairman, Cantrall-Buckley Park Committee at 541-846-1025.