BONNEAU, S.C. – Residents now have another exciting reason to visit the park in Bonneau. On Tuesday morning, town leaders unveiled a new walking trail at 422 Municipal Lane. The trail sits adjacent to the town’s playground, ball field, and town hall.
Before the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Will Wrenn, the town’s project manager, expressed his and town leaders’ desire to continue making the rural community an inviting place for families to enjoy.
“As you see all the toys [at the park] that surround you today, we were lacking one thing that we needed to fill in, and that was that walking trail,” Wrenn said. “Most of the funding that has gone to this park has come from grant money and donations to help the betterment of our community.”
Wrenn, whose father – Rembert Wrenn – is also Bonneau’s mayor, along with town councilmembers Allen June, Jimmy Ward and Deborah Thomas thanked Berkeley County government for its help in securing a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for the 1,800-foot walking trail.
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) is a federally funded grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). It’s designed to assist low to moderate-income communities with development projects.
“With this park, and this particular grant that we got, I would like to commend Shonda Williams, the grant specialist, and her staff for the outstanding job she’s done to pursue this type of grant – not only for here but for the other rural areas that surround us,” Wrenn said.
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“It’s a great day for Bonneau. When Rembert was elected mayor some 40+ years ago, Jimmy and myself had been there from day one. It’s been a blessing to contribute to a community that I’ve lived in all my life,” Councilman Allen June said. “Small towns like Bonneau are getting more and more challenging to get funding for projects like this and to also operate the town.”
Work on the walking trail started about eight months ago, and came with a price tag of approximately $72,000, which the CDBG grant funded, according to Wrenn. The town selected Mitchum Construction as the contractor for the project.
“The cost came in just where it needed to be,” Wrenn said. “[Brock Mitchum] He’s familiar with this area. He grew up here. He played ball and coached here, and he knew what it meant to get this done and in a rightful manner,” Wrenn said.
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CBBG grants can be used for a variety of projects, such as housing rehabilitation, code enforcement, demolition, acquisition of real property, and public facility improvements.
The walking trail is open to the public from sunrise to 9 p.m. Motorized vehicles are not allowed on the trail. Dogs on the trail must be leashed, and pet owners must pick up after their pets. Chalk writing is not permitted on the trail’s asphalt.
