Update to an earlier report: This article includes new information about a story we previously covered. Read our earlier report.
Six Augusta parks are targeted for sale after a commission committee approved the Recreation Department’s recommendation to close Barrett Park and other underused parks. The report does not say the full commission has approved hiring a broker.
Three parks were removed from the closing list on the committee’s recommendation, leaving six as sale targets. A study cited in the report found Barrett Park averaged two visitors a month.
Valley Park remains among the parks targeted. Resident Solari Browning said she and others enjoy the park and see people there.
Mayor Pro-Tem Wayne Guilfoyle cited annual costs of $33,000 for one park and $107,000 for another. The report does not identify which park was associated with the $107,000 figure.
Victoria Sterling
News Now Georgia
