VALLEY — A crowd of approximately 40 people gathered inside East Alabama Fire Station No. 2 Tuesday evening to hear a proposal of how the Fairfax Mill site can be transformed into a public park.
Fairfax Mill at one time was the heart and soul of community life. A new park on the same site could have a similar purpose, this time not drawing people for work but for relaxation.
Landscape architect Scott Colomb was three to present a powerpoint program showing renderings of what the site can become. The mill site is approximately 25 acres in size and is surrounded on all sides by homes, churches and a school. There new fire station is on its northern side.
Colomb was introduced by District 2 Council Member Jim Jones, who has represented the Fairfax area on the city council for the better part of three decades.
“I am glad to see this big turnout tonight,” Jones said. “It shows there is great interest in what the city can do with this site. Good attendance at such public meetings is important in getting grant funding. We will need that to develop the land into a new park.”