Working towards Tyler Pickett Park

For more than a decade, Tyler Pickett Memorial Park has been a “someday” project for the Town of Saratoga. Despite assurances over the years that the project was nearly shovel ready, it has remained in the planning stages.

However, that appears to be changing following the May 4 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council.

Joe Parsons, Vice Commander of Angus England American Legion Post 54, appeared before the governing body requesting Mayor Creed James approve the formation of a working group to start and finish the memorial park.

“We’ve been discussing Tyler Pickett Park since I moved here in Nove...