Bike Park Grant Press Release
June 25th, 2009PRESS RELEASE
The Village of Newark Valley, along with the Nicholas Wilson Memorial Park Fundraising Committee, is pleased to announce the award of a Special Project Grant from the Mildred Faulkner Truman Foundation of Owego in the amount of $5,000. The funds will be used to blacktop the bike and skate park, which is being built in memory of Nicholas Wilson, who was killed in Iraq on February 12, 2006. He was a Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, EOD Mobile Unit 3. Nick was an avid BMX rider who grew up in Newark Valley. The Village of Newark Valley has allowed construction of the park on their property on Whig Street, and is working in conjunction with Tioga County and the Town of Newark Valley to get the park paved. The Mildred Faulkner Truman Foundation Grant will pay for the paving material.
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