THE PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
OF THE
HURLEYVILLE FIREMEN'S PARK
THE COMMUNITY GATEWAY
AND THE
RAILS TO TRAILS ENTRANCE

Please click on the captions below to see photos of our progress.

Hurleyville-Sullivan First members met to plan the project and to prepare the application for the 2005 Sullivan Renaissance Grant Program.

April, 2005 The design for the pathway, benches, lights, flagpole and kiosk was laid out.

May, 2005 A Crimson King maple tree donated by Sullivan Renaissance was planted at the Hurleyville Firehouse. We began clearing out the park area. We discovered and rebuilt a stone wall. We hung our Sullivan Renaissance banner. Read about our project in the May 11th issue of The Towne Crier. We held a mailing party and sent letters with the details of our project to everyone in Hurleyville. The Main Street Program Adopt-a-Barrel 2005 We continued to get the ground ready for planting. 50 barrels were put out and made ready for planting. We began planting new flower beds, a new rock garden and barrels on Memorial Day Weekend. We made 4 more new flower beds and worked on drainage.

June, 2005 We met with landscape designer, Sharon Green, and discussed plantings for the park. We continued planting, prepared a wildflower bed and worked on the drainage system. The Hurleyville Fire Department helped out with watering. Community Visioning Workshop We dug out the new pathway. A site was prepared for a new handmade, tiered wooden planter. The trees at the park were trimmed. Glenn Pontier, a member of the Sullivan Renaissance Steering Committee visited the park. We continued working on the pathway. We planted bushes and finished planting new flower beds. Stone bases were designed and constructed for the new solar Victorian lamps.

July, 2005 We started preparing the site for the historical kiosk. We celebrated Independence Day by hanging the American flag on the new flagpole. The ends for the park benches arrived. Our boulevard banners were delivered. The Hurleyville Fire Department will hang them. Read about our project in the July 13th issue of The Towne Crier. The pathway got a layer of stone dust. Stone borders were added to new flower beds. Plantings and a stone border were added to the base of the new flagpole. The Hurleyville Fire Department hung the new boulevard banners along Main Street. Read about our project and the park dedication in the July 20th issue of the Times Herald Record. Getting ready for the park dedication... pavers were installed at the site for the kiosk by Evergreen Landscape Design. The kiosk was brought to the park and installed. The benches were finished and brought to the park. We hung drawings of flowers and firemen. The drawings were made by Fallsburg students for the park. July 23, 2005 The Dedication of the Hurleyville Firemen's Park Guests included: Francis S. Currey, Senator John Bonacic, The Hurleyville Fire Department, The Hurleyville Fire Department Ladies' Auxiliary. The dedication featured the debut of "Welcome to Hurleyville" written by David Samuel Bloch especially for the dedication of the park. Read about the park dedication in the July 27th issue of The Towne Crier. We found the perfect spots for our 4 new benches. We finished moving new plants to a protected site to wait for planting. We refined and added to one of our new flower beds.

August, 2005 We made finishing touches before judging... Saturday, August 13th. The Hurleyville Fire Department continued to water our barrels and planters and finished hanging our new boulevard banners. The Hurleyville Firemen's Park is ready for judging. The Sullivan Renaissance Awards Ceremony

September 22, 2005 The Sullivan County BOCES Landscaping and Golf Course Management class visited the park.

October, 2005 We planted more flowers for the fall.

November, 2005 We got the park ready for the winter.

Watch our progress on this site.
Please join us if you have time to help.