Veterans, friends, family members and government officials gathered at Rock Creek Veterans Park in Gainesville Saturday morning to officially unveil a stone archway at the entrance of the park.
This brick project we have here, we've put in about a thousand bricks. But as we did that, we noticed people didn't know where the park was or anything about it," said Jerry Peck, a member of the Rock Creek Vietnam Veterans group. "So we felt like, if we put an arch out front, that would give people the opportunity to see that sign and see we've got a park down here."
Ninth District Congressman Doug Collins, who is both a Gainesville native and a member of the Air Force, and spoke at the ceremony. He said the park, and now the new archway, is a reminder of what sets Gainesville apart,
Peck said the project was made possible thanks to donations. The veterans groups raised half the money needed to fund the archway, the city provided the other half. Two stone slabs with donor names were placed at the front of park as well. Officials with the City of Gainesville said the archway was designed by SkyDesign and built by Image Manufacturing Group and is the first sign in the City's new Signage Plan to be installed.
