Businesses help with park’s visitors center
By ROGER ADKINS, radkins@newsandsentinel.comVOLCANO - The new visitors center at Mountwood Park can be finished thanks to Home Depot.
Tammi Collins, marketing and events director for the park, said Home Depot donated the materials to finish the visitors center near the marina. The structure was donated by Appalachian Log Structures.
"Home Depot stepped up to the plate to donate the materials needed to complete the visitors center after Appalachian Log Structures donated the cabin," Collins said.
"We are trying to spotlight businesses that get involved to show that the economic slump really isn't an excuse to not help improve your community for yourself and future generations," Collins said.
Collins said construction of the visitors center is nearly complete.
"The metal roof will be put on this weekend and then we will be able to start fixing the inside to get ready to stock the shelves with West Virginia-made products," Collins said.
Hopes are high that the center will be finished by the time the Volcano Days Festival rolls around in September.
"I hope to have this stocked and ready to go by Volcano Days and do a ribbon cutting during that time. We may not have it stocked, but the building will be open to see the inside. Once it's stocked we will have a grand opening," she said.
Collins said businesses like Appalachian Log Structures and Home Depot should be commended for their commitment to contributing to the community.
"I love Appalachian Log Structures. Not only did they donate the building but they helped us every step of the way with any snags that came up or questions we had; they have been incredibly helpful in every stage of this process," she said.
Doug Parsons, president of ALS, and Mark Feder, vice president, have worked with the project every step of the way, said Mark Arthur, maintenance supervisor for Mountwood Park and the overseer of the construction of the visitors center.
