By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
Improvements at Corby Pond in St. Joseph have been completed and opportunities for fishing should soon be available once again.
St. Joseph District Four City Councilmember Michael Grimm says a new retaining wall has been built, new docks have been installed, and new fountains have been added to Corby Pond.
Grimm says currently fish are being stocked into the pond for people to begin fishing again.
"It won't be long," Grimm tells host of the KFEQ Hotline Barry Birr. "You drive by there and you see kids fishing, think how great that is, cause you've got usually a dad and his son or daughter and it's pretty special, so we really wanted to get that finished and get it back operating."
The project totaled more than 1-million dollars. Part of the funding came from the park sales tax which was passed in 2021.
The St. Joseph city park tax has been helping with improvements across the park system since being passed.
Grimm says the city is also looking to use funds to add another water feature at Hyde Park
"We have the land to put in some type of other water feature, I don't know when that will be, but it's being talked about," Grimm says.
Improvements are also still being discussed for Krug Park. Grimm says the parks board has hired an architect that works on different park amenities.
"Different gardens and they're working with him now, the parks department, to lay it out the way they wanted it to be and hopefully more like it used to be," Grimm explains.