Hatton of Fintray Recreation Area at Laird's Park

 

A lot of effort by locals went into securing a Recreation Area at Laird's Park (Rec. Area) when the housing development took place.  The question still remained as to who would manage this area; the Council or the Community.  At a meeting held in the Village hall on Thursday 14th June 2007 a significant majority of the Association members present voted for the Hatton of Fintray Community Association Committee to take over the Management of this area.

 

At a subsequent meeting held on Wednesday 27th June 2007 the following members volunteered to manage the development of the Rec. Area through forming a Sub Group who report back to the Community Association Committee:  Bill Murdoch, Hamish Moir, Keith Murray, Graham and Carol Mackie .  If you have any queries with regards to the development and subsequent management of the Rec. Area please E-mail fintraycommunity@hotmail.com.

 

We shall endeavour to keep you all up to date with developments and to start with we have a rough drawing of the proposed initial works to be carried out By Aberdeenshire council over the next couple of months.

 

.	The rough plan opposite shows the position of the Shelter (see below) as well as the site for some benches.  The area will off course be made level and seeded.   < Click on the picture for a larger image.   The most common perception expressed at the meeting was that the Rec. Area should be developed with the 11 to 16 year olds in our community in mind; remembering that the younger children in our community will use this area in the years to come.
We would like to encourage the 11 to 16 years olds to participate in the development of this area by voicing their opinions to the Sub Group as they have not been given a voice in the past.   Whilst the initial focus may be on this group of young people the Sub Group are also keen to gather a wider range of views so any interested party is invited to return comments via the flier which will be distributed soon or use the file attached below and e-mail to fintraycommunity@hotmail.com.
Your Participation would be greatly appreciated.

 

Also below are the minutes from the initial meeting held on the 14th of June 2007.