The Omak Park Board is applying for state grant funds from the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation to build two regulation soccer fields in the southeast corner of the park. That was one aspect of the park discussed by park board chairwoman Mary Koch during an Omak Chamber of Commerce meeting July 21 in the park. We don't acknowledge it. This is the greatest asset that's wasted.
People work and nobody knows about it.
Koch discussed the East Side Park master plan, adopted by the City of Omak in July 1997 to outline a vision for the park. It's a shared vision. Work on the plan started in 1996. Some first priority projects, projects that the plan projects being completed by 2002, include hiring a park and recreation director, developing an athletic field quadplex and relocating soccer fields. Right now, new soccer fields have become a top priority, said Rocklynn Culp of Highlands Associates, who also spoke at the luncheon.