Update of blog of April 24, 2009 Things are really moving along at Elba's Tiger Town park. While we were gone to Texas last week, the workers put a new roof on the old high school facade. It really looks nice. This week they are installing a new ceiling and paneling on the right and left interior. There will be solar lights in the ceiling that will burn all night to light up the school. A concrete amphitheater will be attached to the back of the facade, to see 200 children. The sign "Elba High School" will be put back up on top of the building when it is finished. A courtyard filled with flowering trees, etc will be on each side of the school bldg., between the restrooms and pavilion on each side.
Restrooms will be in the building shown here. Wheelchair accessible water fountains will be outside the restrooms. The part of the restrooms facing the street will have bricks from the old school going part of the way up the wall.
The area will have a picket fence enclosing it from the street so children can't run away from parents when they go to the rest room. And maybe keep animals out of the park.
The foundation for the pavilion has been poured. It hasn't been framed yet. The roof will match the style of the restrooms and the school facade. Black roofing will be used. The back side of the old school will have an amphitheater, with restrooms on one side and a large picnic pavilion on the other side.
I couldn't wait to show you how much they have accomplished since my last post. More in a week or two. Paul Catrett from Opp is the contractor and a very nice person, who is married to my good friend Lois English's daughter, Cara. He is very interested in building something everybody will be proud of. I'm glad he got the bid.
This is the old high school classroom wing behind the playground. It houses 8 two-bedroom luxury apartments and on this end will be 2 efficiency one-bedroom apartments.
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