“We are busting at the seams.”Īs proposed, the new office would be along Slag Road, opposite Pavilion No. “My dream is to bring all those folks under one roof,” Baker said. While the park’s environmental educator is based at the Kell center, four staffers share a single desk in the office, a modular building whose previous incarnations included a food concession. Roughly $67 million backlog in infrastructure needs.”ĭesign work is nearing completion for a proposed new park office that would combine the functions of the current cramped administrative office on the north shore of the park’s central lake and the James A. “We’re sixth in the nation as far as our outdoor recreation industry and what it brings back in revenue to the commonwealth, and we’re underinvested in it.”ĭunn would like to apply Growing Greener funds to some of the $1.4 billion worth of infrastructure needs at DCNR-managed facilities, such as state parks and forests, while sharing some of the dollars to support local community recreation projects.Īt Keystone, park manager Kris Baker said, “We’re looking at a “There’s an opportunity in front of us that’s the biggest (funding) opportunity we’ve seen in 16 years,” Dunn said, citing a $12 billion economic impact from outdoor recreation in Pennsylvania. Tom Wolf and the subject of bipartisan bills in Harrisburg, the initiative would draw upon Pennsylvania’s American Rescue Plan dollars to tackle such efforts as park rehabilitation, water projects and other environmental needs.
Officials hope to bring about by tapping federal pandemic recovery funds.Ĭindy Adams Dunn, state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources secretary, stopped by Tuesday to assess needs at the Derry Township recreational site and to voice support for a proposed $450 million Growing Greener III funding initiative.
A new solar-powered office and visitor center, a major wish-list item at Keystone State Park, is among long-desired upgrades
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