City Holds 'Soft Opening' For Woofstock Park Boardwalk

Photo credits: city of Woodstock

The city of Woodstock will soon schedule a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of its bridge and boardwalk connecting Woofstock Park to the Noonday Creek and Town To Creek trails.

At 3 p.m. Dec. 31, the city will receive what’s called a Certificate of Substantial Completion for the project, and will open the bridge and boardwalk to the public soon after.

“This is a soft opening and we will be completing punch list items with the contractor,” Woodstock Parks and Recreation Director Preston Pooser said on the Woofstock Park’s Facebook page. “We will schedule an official ribbon cutting in the next week or two.”

The construction cost for the project was $350,000, and was paid for using proceeds from Cherokee County’s parks bond approved by voters in 2008.

This connection at Woofstock Park is the halfway point between downtown Woodstock and Highway 92 along the Noonday Creek Trail, which connects to the Town To Creek Trail.

The park, located at 150 Dupree Road, was built on the former site of the Walden Chase apartment complex, which was destroyed in the September 2009 flood.

The city acquired the property with a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, and used a portion of the money to demolish the property. The park includes fencing, shade structures and restroom facilities. It also has separate areas for larger and smaller breed dogs, which are both fenced in and accessible through a transition area.

The Town to Creek Trail, situated west of downtown, runs from Market Street at its intersection with Elm Street and connects to the Noonday Creek trail. That trail continues south alongside the creek and ends at Highway 92.

Both trails are part of the city’s Greenprints Master Plan, which calls for 60-plus miles of multi-use trails throughout the city, connecting neighborhoods, parks, schools and businesses.

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