Woodstock Nears Completion on Boardwalk at Dog Park

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The city of Woodstock is making strides on a boardwalk and bridge connecting Woofstock Park to a segment of its Greenprints trail network.

Woodstock Parks and Recreation Director Preston Pooser said he hopes construction on the project will be completed in the next two weeks.

“There’s a possibility that it will be completed by Christmas,” he said. “The boardwalk itself is basically completed. Now we’re finishing the final connection to the existing boardwalks at Woofstock Park.”

The construction cost is $350,000, and is 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.

The Greenprints Master Plan calls for 60-plus miles of multi-use trails throughout the city, connecting neighborhoods, parks, schools and businesses. The first portion of the network, the Trestle Rock trail at Olde Rope Mill Park, is a paved half-mile portion that runs along Little River.

Along with the multi-use trails, the city also has its Taylor Randahl Memorial Mountain Bike Trails at the park, which encompass several miles of trails ranging from beginner to advanced use. Earlier this year, the city opened the Dupree Park Family Mountain Biking Trails and a community walking track at Woodstock Elementary School.

Two additional trails — Rubes Creek and Towne Lake Pass trails — are in the pipeline to be constructed next.

The Rubes Creek Trail will be located off Arnold Mill Road near Fire Station 14 and will head south for approximately three-fourths of a mile. It will be a ten foot multi-use trail that will eventually be part of the Downtown Loop.

The Towne Lake Pass Trail would connect downtown Woodstock to Towne Lake through the Town to Creek Trail.

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