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<p>DALLAS TWP. &#8212; A proposed disc golf course planned for Kunkle Park gathered support from local players at a public meeting Wednesday.</p><p>The neglected 56-acre park is one of two municipal parks slated for a facelift by Dallas Township supervisors.</p><p>Last year, supervisors along with representatives from architecture firm Barry Isett &amp; Associates brainstormed with residents to determine what amenities were wanted by locals to breathe life into Kunkle and Dallas Township parks.</p><p>On Wednesday, Bryan Smith, chief landscape architect with Barry Isett, revealed a conceptual design for Kunkle Park that featured an 18-hole disc course with fairways ranging from 95 to 300 feet.</p><p>&#8220;That is a very small course,&#8221; noted Pete Sickler, a member of the Nesbitt Park and Bear Claws disc golf clubs. &#8220;It would be nice to extend this behind the (existing) baseball field, to the right side of that trail that leads up to the cell phone tower &#8230; .&#8221;</p><p>To attract players, the course should feature holes with a distance at least 300 feet, Sickler said.</p><p>Smith said there is room to expand the course but the dense evergreen forest may need to be &#8220;thinned out&#8221; a little.</p><p>&#8220;Having that dense cover is desirable,&#8221; Sicker said.</p><p>The park will also offer parking for 30 vehicles, a pavilion with restrooms, a stone trail around the perimeter of the park and an amphitheater.</p><p>Smith said a &#8220;spillover parking area&#8221; will be added to the final draft to accommodate disc golf tournaments that would bring in more players.</p><p>Disc golf players were eager to help. They offered their services to design the course and hold a tournament to fund the construction.</p><p>Smith also presented the final draft plans for Dallas Township Park, located between Lakeside Drive and Southside Avenue.</p><p>The 6-acre park was in disrepair and attracted vandalism. Redesign plans included park lighting and police surveillance cameras to help deter vandalism, Smith said.</p><p>Dallas Township Park will offer two playgrounds, one geared for 2- to 5-year-olds and a second for children 5 to 12. There will also be a skatepark; two dog parks, one for big canines and one for smaller dogs; trails; a splash pad for children; a pavilion with restrooms; an amphitheater and an all-purpose field.</p><p>A final plan for both parks will be completed and presented to supervisors by the November meeting, Smith said.</p><p>Supervisors plan to start the redesign of Dallas Township Park in 2018 thanks to a $236,194 state grant to fund phase one, which includes installing nature-themed playground equipment.</p><p><ins>Supervisor Elizabeth Martin said the township has applied for $200,000 in additional state funding.</ins></p><p><ins>&#8220;We are waiting to hear on them,&#8221; Martin said. &#8220;There is legislation right now that is up for a vote that would end these grants. So please call (state Rep.) Karen Boback to keep this funding.&#8221;</ins></p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Jim and Lisa McGee, residents of Southside Avenue, talk Wednesday with Bryan Smith, chief landscape architect with Barry Isett &amp; Associates, about the location of planned gates to close off that entrance to the Dallas Township Park. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web1_DallasParks.jpg</photo0><caption0>Jim and Lisa McGee, residents of Southside Avenue, talk Wednesday with Bryan Smith, chief landscape architect with Barry Isett &amp; Associates, about the location of planned gates to close off that entrance to the Dallas Township Park. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Eileen Godin</p><p>egodin@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Eileen Godin at 570-991-6387 or on Twitter @TLNews.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

18-hole disc golf course planned for Kunkle Park in Dallas Township