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November 28, 2009

Bids for environmental center awarded

By Patrick McCreless The Cullman Times

CULLMAN — An environmental education and training center will soon be added to Cullman County’s all-terrain vehicle park.

During their regular meeting Tuesday, the Cullman County Commission awarded a $193,630 bid to a Hartselle construction company to build the facility at the Stoney Lonesome Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Park.

“It’s being funded through funds from ADECA (Alabama Department of Environmental Management),” said Commission Chairman James Graves. “It’s not coming out of our general funds.”

Cullman County Park Director John Sellers said construction on the facility would likely begin in the next two to three weeks and is scheduled for completion within five months.

Sellers said the building’s main purpose would be to educate and train the public.

“We’ll have safety classes in there ... but it will also be an environmental center,” Sellers said. “We will invite schools into the park. Environmental education has always been a mainstay of the park ... part of the long-term master plan.”

Sellers said certain trails currently under construction at the park will be used exclusively to teach students about the environment and nature.

The building will also be used as the park’s main registration building.

The OHV Park, which spans 1,465 acres and is located near Bremen, features miles of trails for all-terrain vehicles such as four-wheelers as well as trails for bikes and horseback riding.

The park opened for the first time in March.

“Attendance has been really good,” Sellers said. “Weekdays have not been that great, but we usually get 75 to 100 people here on the weekends.”

In other business the commission:

* renewed county property insurance at the same rate the county had in 2009.

* awarded $24,917.70 bid to Walker Brothers for the renovation of the Grandview Community Center. The renovation will be funded by a $25,000 grant.

* Patrick McCreless can be reached by e-mail at patrickm@cullmantimes.com or by telephone at 734-2131 ext. 270.

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