The Park as it Appears Right Now.

Here's some perspective on how the park appears right now.  These pictures were taken right before the annual Easter egg hunt - so all the colors you see on the ground are Easter eggs!  :)

The Downey 5K, 1 mile walk/run, and Bike ride

      

The Downey City Park Project is having a
 “Super” Race!!

Full of Super Heroes and Princesses!

Sponsored by The City of Downey

The best dressed family will receive a large prize at the end of the race!!

When: June 15^th 2013.

What Time: Registration and check in will start at 7am. 

The races will start at 8am.

Where: The Downey City Park

What to Do: Dress your Family Up and Come Have a Fun time

The 5k and 1 mile walk/run is $15.00

The Bike race is $5.00

(You must preregister to be eligible to receive a T-Shirt. All forms must be returned to the Downey City Office by June 8^th 2013)

The City of Downey is open until 2pm on week days.

Or Mail them to The City of Downey; South Main Street Downey Id 83234 (208)897-5342.

You can still sign up after the 8^th of June, But you will not receive a T-shirt.

On the Day of the Race

·        The Bike race will kick off the super races following that will be the 1 mile and 5K.

·        After All the races we will have refreshments and a drawing. So be sure to stick around.

·        At 10am The Lions club will be Sponsoring a Carnival. All race participants will receive a coupon for $3.00 off a $15 all day carnival pass. (That’s per person) THE CARNIVAL STARTS AT 10AM ON SATURDAY.

·        There will also be locations available for any vendors interested in selling items on the day of the race. There will be a $10 fee for any vendors. Please Call Selena Guthrie for more information at (208)317-5761

All the money is going to toward new playground equipment for the City Park. Our goal budget is $25,000. We will have pictures of the new playground equipment posted at the race.

The Carnival is “NOT” part of our project. The lion club will be bringing them in. The lions club will also have their booth open for Lunch and Dinner.

Please come out and support the Town of Downey and have a wonderful time with your Family’s! For more information about our Project please visit https://www.facebook.com/TheDowneyCityParkProject?ref=tn_tnmn or http://downeyparkprojectnewplayground.blogspot.com/

 The Carnival is coming to Town the week of the Race. It will be here for three days. June 13th, 14th and 15th. The Lion's Club is Sponsoring this event.
Here is the ride list;

Scrambler-3 Tickets
Roll-o-Plane- 5 Tickets
Turtles on Parade- 3 tickets
Space Train- 3 tickets
Roller Coaster- 4 tickets
Ladder Challenge- 1 ticket
Bounce house- 2 tickets
Fun Slide- 2 tickets
Obstacle course- 2 tickets
Super Slide- 1 ticket

And Assorted Carnival Style Games

He charges $1.25 per ticket or 20 tickets for $20.00 or 50 for $35.00. He also sells all day ride passes. Check for pricing. But He said on June 15th they will be $15.00. And $3.00 off with Race coupon.

 

Our Downey City Park Project

 

Downey, Idaho is looking to improve our community by getting new playground equipment for our city park. We are seeking help in these efforts. As you may know Downey is wonderful place to raise children. Our current population sits at just over 600, with approximately 150-200 of these being children. We are looking for a safe and enjoyable place for these children and their parents to spend their time.

I have spoken with the City of Downey and they would be willing to provide all of the labor and equipment needed for the installation of the new playground equipment. However there is no room in the current city budget to purchase the new playground equipment. For this reason I am reaching out to you in hope you may be able to assist us with this. The approximate cost to purchase the new playground equipment is $25,000. As you can see we need a lot of help to reach this goal so any help is appreciated.

Downey is an amazing community filled with wonderful people. Families move to Downey because it’s a safe area and they enjoy the small town feel. We try our best to do what we can for our community, although sometimes it’s not an easy task. We have a lot of hard working young families that do their best to provide for themselves and their children, however most people are struggling like the rest of the country at this time to make ends meet. It is hard to ask people like this for money when they usually have to give all they have just to stay afloat. There are a few businesses in town and they provide all they can when fundraisers come around but there again they are to struggling to due to the current economic climate. We do the best we can to generate funds for what we need but a task of this size is a tall mountain to climb these days. Your funding would allow us to speed up this project considerably.  

Our city park is the epicenter of our community. It is host to family reunions, baseball games, softball games, community events and celebrations along with the town’s annual Easter egg hunt and our largest event, the South Bannock County Fair. There is a large variety of people that use our park for these different events but they always seem to leave dissatisfied with the playground equipment we currently have. I personally know of many parents who do not feel comfortable with their children on the current playground equipment. In the hot summer months the one large metal slide we have gets so hot that many children get burned while trying to play.  When the playground is busy, children of all ages seem to make their way to the merry-go-round. Most of the time this ends with the younger children being stuck on the merry-go-round with the older children, resulting in a lot of scraped knees and bruised elbows.

               By receiving this funding you would help make our city park a safer and more enjoyable place for families to spend time together for years to come. This could help us get this project accomplished in months rather than years. Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter.