Carson City Parks Foundation receives National Pony Express donation for disc golf park
As Carson City’s disc golf complex nears completion, the Foundation for Carson City Parks and Recreation’s president, David Johnson, announced that the Foundation recently received a generous donation from the Nevada Division of the National Pony Express Association, for the sponsorship of a hole at the Carson Ridge Disc Golf Park.
Johnson said the donation recognizes and affirms the hard work put in over the last several years by the members of the Eagle Valley Disc Golf Association to spearhead the establishment and undertake the construction, with city assistance, of a tournament-class disc golf facility here in Carson City.
The Carson Ridge Disc Golf Park, located on the east side of Carson City, off Flint Drive, will have a total of 27 holes — a 9 hole short, family and beginner-friendly, course, and an 18 hole tournament course for skilled disc golf players. The Disc Association anticipates a November 2019 opening.
The Eagle Valley Disc Golf Association is a partner project of the Foundation for Carson City Parks and Recreation. The Foundation is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to provide an umbrella under which various organizations and citizens can come together to explore innovative ways to promote, facilitate, and fund their activities.
It assists these organizations and individuals with similar goals to promote and meet Foundation objectives by acting in a fiduciary capacity by managing and protecting monies raised for their projects.
Projects, past and present, facilitated by the Foundation include this summer’s reopening of the Carson City Railroad Association’s Carson and Mills Park Railroad; the Carson City Tennis Club; Bob Boldrick Theater Lobby Improvements, in conjunction with the Carson City Chamber of Commerce; the Lone Mountain Cemetery Headstone Project; Carson City Gun Range improvements; the recent Ross Gold Park improvements, upgrades to the dog parks at Fuji Park and the installation of a dog fountain at Sonoma Park’s dog park; efforts to fund the construction outdoor Pickle Ball courts, and Pete Livermore Sports Complex improvements (funding from the former “Comstock Sports Association”).
In addition, the Foundation also manages the Wungnema House, under a lease from Carson City, as a place for small gatherings and meetings for community organizations and individuals.
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