The City of Anderson is in the process of updating its “recreation master plan”. The plan includes upgrading eight city parks. Arbor Engineering, who are in charge of the new designs, conducted a public meeting this evening at Anderson Recreation Center to collect residents input on upgrading Linley Park, located on Murray Avenue. Some of the ideas discussed were the following:
• Eliminate parking on the street, and build parking spaces inside the park itself.
• Build a permanent bathroom and water fountain inside the park. However, some residents objected to building permanent bathroom, due to safety issues. They prefer building a platform for temporary bathrooms, which would be used for special events only.
• Build walking and running trails, with mileage markers and water fountains.
• Introduce better lighting and shaded areas.
• Eliminate baseball events in the park, due to parking limitations and safety issues.
• Limit the traffic around the park to one lane, and use the inside lane for additional parking.
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Recreation Master Plan
Why in the world would anybody NOT want permanent restrooms at a park, unless they're exercising that Courthouse mentality that the peons in the neighborhood shouldn't have anyting to pee on?
That's elitism at its worst.
That's elitism at its worst.
Why in the world would anybody NOT want permanent restrooms at a park, unless they're exercising that Courthouse mentality that the peons in the neighborhood shouldn't have anyting to pee on?
That's elitism at its worst.- JDTippett
JDTippett,
Some residents are concerned that permanent restrooms in the park may be used by some homeless people as shelter. Others believe that it would create health and safety issues.
Why in the world would anybody NOT want permanent restrooms at a park, unless they're exercising that Courthouse mentality that the peons in the neighborhood shouldn't have anyting to pee on?
That's elitism at its worst.- JDTippett
This is not a big park. It is long and narrow. Homes are very close to it on both sides. Perhaps the surrounding residents did not want to live downwind of city maintained restrooms in the summer?
Non, guess they must reallly love the traffic too. I wouldn't want to live right there period..I would think none of then love the park.
This is not a big park. It is long and narrow. Homes are very close to it on both sides. Perhaps the surrounding residents did not want to live downwind of city maintained restrooms in the summer?- non sequitur
Non Sequitur,
You hit the nail on the head. Surrounding residents do not want baseball, bathrooms, or additional parking in Linley Park. They simply want it to remain as a green, uncluttered space. In addition, some believe that traffic on Murray Avenue is on its way to become increasingly congested, due to the growth in Downtown Anderson. So, they believe that developing Linley Park for recreation purposes will create competing interests and safety hazards.
Art there are many people that use Murray Avenue instead of Main Street.
Many do it to avoid the one lane bottleneck (in each direction) on Main street in the center of town. What was once a fairly smoothe traffic flow on two lanes in each direction is now a congested bottleneck. It really slows when people try to exit the diagonal parking spaces by backing out into the flow of traffic so everyone in one direction must stop to let them out of a space that gives a very small view of approaching traffic.
But, the median strip really looks good. So I guess it is worth it?
I just hope the don't improve and beautify Murray Avenue the same way!
Many do it to avoid the one lane bottleneck (in each direction) on Main street in the center of town. What was once a fairly smoothe traffic flow on two lanes in each direction is now a congested bottleneck. It really slows when people try to exit the diagonal parking spaces by backing out into the flow of traffic so everyone in one direction must stop to let them out of a space that gives a very small view of approaching traffic.
But, the median strip really looks good. So I guess it is worth it?
I just hope the don't improve and beautify Murray Avenue the same way!
This is not a big park. It is long and narrow. Homes are very close to it on both sides. Perhaps the surrounding residents did not want to live downwind of city maintained restrooms in the summer?- non sequitur
Non Sequitur,
You hit the nail on the head. Surrounding residents do not want baseball, bathrooms, or additional parking in Linley Park. They simply want it to remain as a green, uncluttered space. In addition, some believe that traffic on Murray Avenue is on its way to become increasingly congested, due to the growth in Downtown Anderson. So, they believe that developing Linley Park for recreation purposes will create competing interests and safety hazards.
- Art Kaldas
As the city develops aren't those the kind of problems that everyone is having to deal with? If you put a park out in the country who would use it? If you want the convenience of living near business, you also suffer the consequences.
well, we certainoly dont want a small handful of elitists to tell the rest of the city what is best for everyone, now do we..
how dare we make that park the private reserve of those fortunate to be able to have the money to live near it...we need to include the voices of those that dont live anywhere near it...if we dont, we are guilty of being exclusive..
So we need to go knocking on doors of those that live in west whitner, in Homeland Park, and up Greenville street and get them to tell us what they want the park to be like, and discount anything said by someone that would actually benefit from, or pay for, the improvements..
at least that was the mindset about the new park on whitner, and about imagine anderson.... so lets not start to chnage our standards now...
how dare we make that park the private reserve of those fortunate to be able to have the money to live near it...we need to include the voices of those that dont live anywhere near it...if we dont, we are guilty of being exclusive..
So we need to go knocking on doors of those that live in west whitner, in Homeland Park, and up Greenville street and get them to tell us what they want the park to be like, and discount anything said by someone that would actually benefit from, or pay for, the improvements..
at least that was the mindset about the new park on whitner, and about imagine anderson.... so lets not start to chnage our standards now...
well, we certainoly dont want a small handful of elitists to tell the rest of the city what is best for everyone, now do we..
how dare we make that park the private reserve of those fortunate to be able to have the money to live near it...we need to include the voices of those that dont live anywhere near it...if we dont, we are guilty of being exclusive..
So we need to go knocking on doors of those that live in west whitner, in Homeland Park, and up Greenville street and get them to tell us what they want the park to be like, and discount anything said by someone that would actually benefit from, or pay for, the improvements..
at least that was the mindset about the new park on whitner, and about imagine anderson.... so lets not start to chnage our standards now...
- palmetto_native
Please re-read the opening post!
" Arbor Engineering, who are in charge of the new designs, conducted a public meeting this evening at Anderson Recreation Center to collect residents input on upgrading Linley Park, located on Murray Avenue."
A public meeting was conducted to obtain input. That was not done by the organization behind the Whitner Street project. Maybe the city has learned and is responding to the public even if you don't understand it!
As the city develops aren't those the kind of problems that everyone is having to deal with? If you put a park out in the country who would use it? If you want the convenience of living near business, you also suffer the consequences.- Confused
Confused,
There are better options. Anderson Recreation Center is located next to a large piece of land, owned by Duke Energy, but it is not being used. If the City purchases this piece of land, it could double the size of the Recreation Center, create 300 additional parking spaces, and build a park and walking, running, and bicycling trails.
I hope the City will have the courage to pursue this opportunity, while it is still available.
Perhaps the City could even get a $12 million discount from Duke for that property to compensate for the $12 million in water line repairs they paid or, but never received, the last time they cut a deal with that bunch.
The City of Anderson is in the process of updating its “recreation master plan”. The plan includes upgrading eight city parks. Arbor Engineering, who are in charge of the new designs, conducted a public meeting this evening at Anderson Recreation Center to collect residents input on upgrading Linley Park, located on Murray Avenue. Some of the ideas discussed were the following:
• Eliminate parking on the street, and build parking spaces inside the park itself.
• Build a permanent bathroom and water fountain inside the park. However, some residents objected to building permanent bathroom, due to safety issues. They prefer building a platform for temporary bathrooms, which would be used for special events only.
• Build walking and running trails, with mileage markers and water fountains.
• Introduce better lighting and shaded areas.
• Eliminate baseball events in the park, due to parking limitations and safety issues.
• Limit the traffic around the park to one lane, and use the inside lane for additional parking.
- Art Kaldas
I don't live in Anderson, so I don't have a dog in this fight, but getting rid of baseball? Wow. That explains why it is hard for Anderson to keep a small minor league or developmental league team. If the leaders are eliminating baseball from being played at park of safety reasons, that says a lot about how much the community thinks of America's past time.
Read my post non..
imagine anderson was nothing BUT public hearings..and it still was called "elitist" and "exclusive" because people were too lazy to actually go to the public hearings..
and the park on whitner was paid for in total by private money.and it also was picked apart by people who wouldnt pony up a penny..but wanted to have control over what it looked like..
my comments were supposed to be somewhat sarcastic....just pointing out (yet again) how inconsistent this town is in just about everything.
imagine anderson was nothing BUT public hearings..and it still was called "elitist" and "exclusive" because people were too lazy to actually go to the public hearings..
and the park on whitner was paid for in total by private money.and it also was picked apart by people who wouldnt pony up a penny..but wanted to have control over what it looked like..
my comments were supposed to be somewhat sarcastic....just pointing out (yet again) how inconsistent this town is in just about everything.
Not to get totally sidetracked (it does still relate), but this state has a very rich baseball history. A history we should both aim to preserve and support by encouraging our youth to play America's Pastime.
Right here in Anderson, we can look at:
Lou Brissie (1947-1953)
Sammy Meeks (1948-1951)
Jim Rice (1974-1989)
Ed Chaplin (1920-1922) [Pelzer]
Junior Wooten (1947-1948) [Pelzer]
Roy Mahaffey (1926-1936) [Belton]
Matt LeCroy (2000-Current) [Belton]
You can find the rest of the State of SC here.
If we are looking at a master plan for recreation, I would strongly encourage the residents of the City to make sure baseball (and softball) is a MAJOR component to ANY recreation plan going forward. It's our history!
- SSHM
Right here in Anderson, we can look at:
Lou Brissie (1947-1953)
Sammy Meeks (1948-1951)
Jim Rice (1974-1989)
Ed Chaplin (1920-1922) [Pelzer]
Junior Wooten (1947-1948) [Pelzer]
Roy Mahaffey (1926-1936) [Belton]
Matt LeCroy (2000-Current) [Belton]
You can find the rest of the State of SC here.
If we are looking at a master plan for recreation, I would strongly encourage the residents of the City to make sure baseball (and softball) is a MAJOR component to ANY recreation plan going forward. It's our history!
- SSHM
I don't live in Anderson, so I don't have a dog in this fight, but getting rid of baseball? Wow. That explains why it is hard for Anderson to keep a small minor league or developmental league team. If the leaders are eliminating baseball from being played at park of safety reasons, that says a lot about how much the community thinks of America's past time.- coke_stevenson
Coke Stevenson,
Eliminating baseball from Linley Park does not mean eliminating baseball from Anderson. It simply means that Linley Park is not a suitable location for the sport. It is too narrow, too unsafe, and too limited in its parking space.
The City of Anderson has big plans for promoting baseball in other locations. The possible expansion of Anderson Recreation Center could provide an excellent location for new baseball fields.
Read my post non..
imagine anderson was nothing BUT public hearings..and it still was called "elitist" and "exclusive" because people were too lazy to actually go to the public hearings..
and the park on whitner was paid for in total by private money.and it also was picked apart by people who wouldnt pony up a penny..but wanted to have control over what it looked like..
my comments were supposed to be somewhat sarcastic....just pointing out (yet again) how inconsistent this town is in just about everything.- palmetto_native
Palmetto Native,
Imagine Anderson was a public forum, which was controlled by the elitist. Consequently, the final product has turned to be nothing more than pages of paper, with no energy or wide community support.
The “TBA 100” was a private, exclusive, elitist venture. Although full of good intentions, it achieved nothing more than hijack Anderson History, the Electric Generator, and place it on a street corner. It has become just a symbol for what happens when the community does not work in a united, harmonious way. I do believe that the City of Anderson has learned a valuable lesson from that experience.
Good points Art!
I enjoy Linley park. I hope it will continue to be enjoyed by the residents that have homes surrounding it and those everywhere that can use and appreciate this green space so relatively close to the town center.
I think expansion of the rec center fields and making Linely Park more of a quiet picnic type recreational area is a wonderful idea.
I enjoy Linley park. I hope it will continue to be enjoyed by the residents that have homes surrounding it and those everywhere that can use and appreciate this green space so relatively close to the town center.
I think expansion of the rec center fields and making Linely Park more of a quiet picnic type recreational area is a wonderful idea.
I just hope the don't improve and beautify Murray Avenue the same way!- non sequitur
Non Sequitur,
It does concern me that some are suggesting turning parts of Murray Avenue into one lane road, to accommodate expanding activities in Linley Park. If their ideas are adopted, traveling to Downtown can become a nightmare.
At the present time, Downtown is continuing to attract more businesses, while more parts of Main Street, North and South, are scheduled for expanded Streetscape projects. So, Murray Avenue is expected to be the main route for connecting Downtown to the northern part of the City.
