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Wellston Park

A Dream 20 Years in the Making

ellston Park, request for $154,000 to the mayor, council,
a dream 20 community leaders, and volunteers in
years in the January 2016. His persistence paid off on Wellston Park will initially include a
making, is March 7, 2016, when the resolution was 3-acre open lawn area and gathering
now well passed to begin funding the park to make gazebo, 1.5-mile paved walking trail that
W underway this long-awaited dream happen. runs along the perimeter of the park, large
thanks to strong community spirit and Once approval was given, Jim along and small dog parks, and the Coleman
involvement, which in this case, meant with the rest of the volunteers at Wellston Cottage, which is one of the oldest houses
grabbing a shovel and a pair of work boots. Trees and Greens, summoned the army of in the Robins Region and will be used
as the park’s office space and a meeting
The 37-acre park is a labor of love volunteers to lace up their work boots and space for the public. Plans are in process
for Wellston Trees and Greens, a 501(c)3 roll up their sleeves. Community-engaged to host a new city-wide festival at the recreation
non-profit organization whose mission is businesses, volunteers, and government park in Fall 2018.
to advocate, educate and engage in the agencies offered their time, talents, For more information or to get
development of natural resources for and in-kind professional services to the involved with this exciting community
passive parks, green spaces and trails in project, saving hundreds of thousands of project please contact Wellston Trees and
the Warner Robins area. dollars to the City of Warner Robins, and Greens via their Facebook page or Keep
“The idea of Wellston proving Mayor Toms right in his campaign Warner Robins Beautiful at 478-929-7258.
Park was birthed years slogan “Together We Can Do Better.” ~by Dana Brown
ago by two icons in the
community, Charlie
McGlamry and Ed Bayer,
and their families,” said
Jim Taylor Jim Taylor, vice chairman
of Wellston Trees and Greens. “They
donated the 37 acres to the City of
Warner Robins in 1997, and presented
a master plan to build a community
park, which at that time included a
dog park, multiple pavilions, trails, and
an amphitheater.”
With the idea of resurrecting the
17-year-old project, Jim presented a
plan to Mayor Randy Toms in 2014, and
Wellston Park Farmhouse
proposed the plan again along with a

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