District 3 citizens along with off duty Pensacola Firefighters and Parks and Recreation employees spent Saturday morning cleaning, cutting, clearing and pruning the Scenic Bluffs Park. What a difference in only 3 hours!
We cleared seven areas in key locations where illegal activities have occurred in the past. The clearing of dense areas improves safety and gives visitors a visual path to walk throughout the boardwalk. Police will now be stepping up their undercover and uniformed officer patrols and enforce closure of the park at DUSK.
Residents of Dover Landing and Inverness joined in. Dover Landing had just completed their PCIP landscaping project yesterday and were looking to "Pay it Forward". CJ Lewis , having recently reclaimed his city park on Forest Glen in Scenic Heights, also helped clean the low growth areas down by Pensacola Bay.
The firefighters jumped in with chain saws and brush trimmers and cleared some otherwise untameable areas as only heroes can do, many of them having just come off a 24 hour shift.
Total cost of yesterday to the City...ZERO! The Parks and Recreation team, along with Director Dave Flaherty,volunteered their time on Saturday to bring their expertise and knowledge to our project.
A community came together to make their City a better place to live. Neighbors made new friends, visitors from Kentucky, North Carolina and Louisiana marveled at the natural beauty and the amazing clay bluffs. People who use the park regularly saw that others care enough to donate their time for their park. Reggie Slack, former Auburn Quarterback and Pro Football player, was doing his regular jogging and stair-climbing workout yesterday and wants to get involved and possibly do the first Bay Bluffs Boot Camp workout classes.
While another Pensacola waterfront park is getting all of the headlines, District 3 is committed to making OUR waterfront park the best it can be. Come check it out this week and hike the entire boardwalk. The view is amazing, the workout can't be beat and you will hopefully leave feeling refreshed and relaxed from all the natural beauty.
We will host nature walks, "A Coffee and A Sunrise" and many other events in the coming months so let me know what your interests are and let's "Get Out...Way Out" at our 50 Acre Bay Bluffs Park.
Thank you to the following volunteers that gave a few hours of their weekend to make Pensacola a better place to live. You made a BIG difference! Revonda Stewart, Karen Harper, Mr. & Mrs. Gee, CJ Lewis, Jennifer Simmons, PFD engine 1 -Simmons, Longsworth and Daehn, John Chapman,Chad Dunn, Chett Lyuker, Jeff Wilmoth, John Jones III, Cliff Ragsdale, Leroy White Jr., Hugh Patroni, Martin Stugeon, Mark Snyder, Chris Eadler, Chuck Sansom, Larry Bruner, Neil Jones, Nathan Edler, Kim Agmiar, Frank English, Art Boykin, Larry Williams, Eric Johnson, DeWeese Family.
See you at the Bluffs!
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