HENDERSON — On Thursday, the Chestnut St. Park Beautification team announced they were the finalists for another makeover project — this time with Bobcat. The global construction equipment company launched a nationwide contest to gift one community with a $100,000 park renovation.
Hundreds of nominations were submitted from parks across 44 states and Chestnut St. Park is in the top five. According to contest rules, the winner and runner-up will be "selected using a matrix of criteria and evaluation from a panel of representatives, including the National Recreation and Park Association, and a public vote will count as a portion of the qualifications to consider.
Folks can vote for Chestnut St. Park up to once a day at www.bobcat.
com/parkmakeover until Oct. 3. In a press release, Bobcat said they were open to communities with a "shovel-ready park and recreation project" already approved by the local government.
Bobcat Marketing Specialist Caryn Odenbach told the Dispatch the construction equipment company is "more than a machine," when it came to the refurbishing of the park and didn't rule out the possibility of Bobcat equipment being provided to the work site if Chestnut is selected as the winner. The runner-up of the contest will receive a Bobcat zero-turn mower valued at $15,000. "We want to support the community or dealers and customers live and work in," said Odenbach.
"We want to do the right thing and have fun doing it." According to Odenbach, the local park was sel.