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Two Dickson City parks slated for improvements with lighting, veterans monument

Dickson City council voted Tuesday night on projects to improve two of the borough's parks, adding lighting to Riverfront Park and preparing for a veterans monument at VFW Park. Council voted to approve an agreement for engineering consulting firm GPI to carry out the design, bidding and construction management of the borough's Riverfront Park lighting project, as well as voting to award a $194,110 bid to Tobyhanna-based Kobalt Construction — pending review by the solicitor — to install everything but the monument itself for the borough's VFW Veterans Monument project at VFW Park, according to borough Manager Cesare Forconi and the meeting agenda. The borough hired GPI for $6,130, Forconi said. Dickson City opened its Riverfront Park in October 2023 as the culmination of an $800,000-plus project to build a park in the 800 block of Enterprise Street that includes a Lackawanna River boat launch and fishing area, a dog park with sections for large and small animals, picnic tables, benches and a walking trail. However, the park lacks lighting. With the help of a $165,000 Local Share Account grant, the borough will now complete the lighting and electric installation throughout the park, Forconi said, explaining the only lighting now is in the parking lot. There will be about 18 lights in a circle around the park, the access road and walking trail, he said. 'This will light up, basically, the rest of the park,' Forconi said. * A sign near the entrance of Dickson City's Riverfront Park on Enterprise Street on Tuesday. (CHAD SEBRING/STAFF PHOTO) * The base of a yet-to-be-installed light pole at Dickson City's Riverfront Park on Enterprise Street on Tuesday. The borough plans to run electricity and install lights throughout the park using a $165,000 grant. (CHAD SEBRING/STAFF PHOTO) Show Caption 1 of 2 A sign near the entrance of Dickson City's Riverfront Park on Enterprise Street on Tuesday. (CHAD SEBRING/STAFF PHOTO) Expand The bases and conduits for the lights are already there, but they're not wired, he said. There will also be receptacles on the poles to power Christmas lighting, Forconi said. The timeline is contingent on the supplier of the lights, but borough officials hope to install the lighting by the middle of summer, Forconi said, noting that it's an ambitious timeline. As a second project, the borough plans to use a $175,000 grant from the state Department of Community and Economic Development to build a pavilion/band stand at the park, he said. Dickson City's 150th Anniversary Committee plans to hold concerts by the Lackawanna River at the park, Forconi said. 'By potentially adding a band stand/pavilion and this lighting, it'll certainly allow for much more usage and longer hours of usage,' he said. 'Right now, it's pretty much a daytime park.' Elsewhere in the borough, Dickson City is working toward building a veterans monument at its VFW Park on Walker and Jermyn streets. The borough received $75,000 from the Robert H. Spitz Foundation for the project, which requires the borough to also contribute $75,000. * Dickson City's VFW Park at Jermyn and Walker streets on Tuesday. The borough is working to install a veterans monument at the park. (CHAD SEBRING/STAFF PHOTO) * Dickson City's VFW Park at Jermyn and Walker streets on Tuesday. The borough is working to install a veterans monument at the park. (CHAD SEBRING/STAFF PHOTO) Show Caption 1 of 2 Dickson City's VFW Park at Jermyn and Walker streets on Tuesday. The borough is working to install a veterans monument at the park. (CHAD SEBRING/STAFF PHOTO) Expand Kobalt will install walkways, benches, a flagpole, lighting and a water feature for the monument, Forconi said. 'Basically, this is to complete everything there except the actual monument itself,' he said. The monument will have six slabs to honor the six branches of the armed forces, he said. There is not yet a definitive timeline for the work, but borough officials hope to complete it later this year before winter, Forconi said. If that goes to plan, the monument would be installed in 2026, he said.