Trustees of the Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation have awarded $150,000 to eleven groups across Mercer County to improve parks and recreation facilities. The grants are made possible thanks to the generosity of Dorothy Looser Flake and Roberta Looser, sisters who were born and raised on a family farm near New Boston Township. The two left a portion of their estates to establish the Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation, a private foundation dedicated to Mercer County says the foundation’s Kelly Thompson.
The following eleven projects have been funded:
- The City of Aledo will construct a new varsity baseball diamond at Northside Park.
- The City of Keithsburg will pour seven new concrete pads at Riverside Campground.
- The Eliza Township will build a permanent restroom facility at their ball diamond.
- The Mercer County Agricultural Society will repair the roof of the Merchant Building at the Mercer County Fairgrounds.
- The Mercer County YMCA will complete renderings for a building expansion study.
- The Village of Joy will improve the playground in Joy Park.
- The Village of Matherville will pave a boat ramp and install a dock for kayak use at Lake Matherville.
- The Village of New Windsor will upgrade the basketball courts in town.
- The Village of North Henderson will install wheelchair-accessible park equipment.
- The Village of Seaton will improve lighting in Seaton Park.
- The Village of Viola will install new playground equipment at Miles Memorial Park.