LAWRENCEVILLE - A new active community park will be built soon to serve the recreational needs of the Lanier school cluster and Sugar Hill area in northern Gwinnett County. <br />
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Funds from the 2009 SPLOST will pay for the $10.8 million contract commissioners approved Tuesday with low bidder Astra Group Inc.<br />
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The 67-acre Level Creek Park will have a multipurpose field complex, central concessions/restroom building, walking track, six lighted tennis courts, interactive fountain, picnic pavilion, playground and paved trail. Construction of a youth football press box will be funded by the Lanier Athletic Association. <br />
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District 1 Commissioner Jace Brooks said, "We are happy to have community partners like the Lanier Athletic Association to help us provide needed recreational facilities and programs for our youth. "<br />
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More than half of the park's total acreage will be preserved. <br />
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Multiple tributary streams descend through upland hardwood forest to the park s primary stream, Level Creek, and a one-mile loop of natural surface footpath will provide access to the preserved area.<br />
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Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash said, "I am grateful to Gwinnett voters for their support of the SPLOST sales tax programs that provide funding for needed capital projects like this one. " <br />
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Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation, the number one parks and recreation agency in the state of Georgia and a finalist for the top award presented by the National Recreation and Park Association this year, operates 46 parks and recreation facilities.<br />
