Cascade Park in Elyria
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This site is a Fan Page committed to honoring and promoting Cascade Park.
Voted the 16th Best Park in the US in 2012 Coca-Cola's Living Positively Contest Coca-Cola seems to have stopped running their favorite parks contest. So now the purpose of this site is simply to remind those of us from and living in Elyria, Ohio how great our jewel, Cascade Park, is and why we should appreciate it. We hope to keep this site running with new seasonal photos and information as it is posted.
Feel free to voice your concerns to Elected Officials and demand they honor this jewel.
In the 2011 contest ending September 6th we placed 16th in the entire Nation against all National, State, Municipal, and Local Parks that were nominated!
135 Acres nestled in the river valley in the center of Elyria. Amenities include a concession stand, Nature Center/meeting facility, nature/hiking trails, picnic shelters, playground equipment, restrooms, sledding hill.
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facebook.comThis photo was sent to us by an area resident. This page is unaffiliated with any formal Cascade Park Management. Its just here to keep Elyria's Jewel in the eye of the public. If you wish to share your thoughts with them, here is some Lorain County MetroParks Information --------------------------------------------------------------- BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS The Park District's governing body is a three-person Board of Park Commissioners who are appointed to three year terms by the Probate Court and serve without pay. Board of Park Commissioners: Miss Sherrill M. McLoda Mr. Joseph E. Hribar Mr. Frederick L. Alspach Have a question or comment? Please feel free to contact the following departments: Director James Ziemnik Public Relations Department pr@metroparks.cc Naturalist Department naturalistdept@metroparks.cc Operations Department operationsdept@metroparks.cc Planning Department planningdept@metroparks.cc
A recent photo of Cascade Park sent to us by a concerned area resident. Trying to figure out why the natural beauty is going to be replaced by a studio planned version, and who made that decision. To orient yourself, the former sled riding hill is on the far left and it looks like the photographer was at the top of the hillside at the road, taking the photo through what used to be a very heavily forested area above the former picnic pavilion. The former playground area with the slides is at the far right.
Want to see the Construction Progress? https://youtu.be/0lYzRR7lXeA
Obviously the reviews of what's been done are quite mixed. Some are concerned that since all vehicle traffic has been eliminated from the North end, and only about 20 parking spots were created, that this area will eventually become a crime laden no-go zone. Thoughts?
Update from Community Meeting in Elyria. Pdf maps attached to newspaper article. Look at the attached maps. Automobiles will be forever more prohibited on the north end and the Ford will never again allow cars across. Poor planning by MetroParks. It's beginning to look like none of them ever set foot in the park prior to getting "the keys". http://www.chroniclet.com/news/2015/10/21/Metro-Parks-unveils-Cascade-plan.html
The "Hill" from five years ago....
What do you think? Will the Park still have any of its original raw beauty when complete or will mankind's footprints be all over it? Is this a good thing? Or over development? http://www.chroniclet.com/Local-News/2017/01/13/County-Metro-Parks-announces-start-of-Cascade-project.html
More sharing of our "hidden treasure" https://youtu.be/gZiWPVHchow
All we can say about this is just TWO words - ENJOY PLEASE! https://youtu.be/FEsiyDk7dM0
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