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the Lockport Legend | May 24, 2018 | 3<br />
Dellwood Park Community Center unveiled at grand opening<br />
Laurie Fanelli<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Dellwood Park has always<br />
been a meeting place<br />
for members of the greater<br />
Lockport community, especially<br />
when sunny skies<br />
compel residents to run<br />
the path, catch a ball game<br />
or simply spend quality<br />
time with family. Visitors<br />
can now enjoy Dellwood<br />
Park whether the weather<br />
is warm, cold, sunny or<br />
rainy as the Lockport Township<br />
Park District has now<br />
opened the Dellwood Park<br />
Community Center (DPCC)<br />
at the popular landmark.<br />
From noon-4 p.m. on Saturday,<br />
May 19, attendees<br />
were welcomed to a special<br />
grand opening celebration<br />
for the new facility which<br />
featured a preview of upcoming<br />
programs, open<br />
gym time, contests, raffle<br />
prizes and much more. The<br />
day began with a ceremonial<br />
ribbon cutting by park district<br />
staff, board members,<br />
special guests and members<br />
of the preschool program<br />
who will enjoy brand new<br />
classrooms in the DPCC.<br />
Lockport Township Park<br />
District executive director<br />
Bill Riordan led the ribbon<br />
cutting ceremony — which<br />
included statements from<br />
several individuals involved<br />
in the development of the<br />
DPCC including Board<br />
President Jeff Rigoni, former<br />
executive director Sue<br />
Micklevitz as well as architects<br />
and designers — taking<br />
time out to acknowledge<br />
all of the hard work staff<br />
contributed to make the<br />
building a success.<br />
“Thank you for your tireless<br />
dedication to this project,”<br />
Riordan said during<br />
the presentation.<br />
The full gym, which is<br />
to be used for programs as<br />
well as open gym, is one of<br />
the many highlights of the<br />
new center. Prior to opening<br />
the doors of the DPCC,<br />
Riordan explained, “We’re<br />
excited about all the classes<br />
we can offer here. We’ll<br />
have the full-size gymnasium,<br />
which we previously<br />
did not have within our park<br />
district boundaries, and<br />
we also have the new preschool<br />
rooms which will be<br />
an awesome benefit for the<br />
kids.”<br />
Park district PR and marketing<br />
supervisor Pam Hutton<br />
said the grand opening<br />
celebration provided staff<br />
the perfect opportunity to<br />
introduce everyone to the<br />
many programs that will be<br />
held at the new facility.<br />
“Today we’re showcasing<br />
everything we’re going<br />
to have in the new building<br />
and what we have to offer<br />
the community including<br />
futsal, volleyball and basketball,”<br />
she said. “We also<br />
have new preschool rooms<br />
which will accommodate<br />
all-day options.”<br />
After the ribbon was cut,<br />
the community ventured<br />
into the DPCC to see the<br />
new facility. The multipurpose<br />
room was filled<br />
with instructors, sharing information<br />
about upcoming<br />
programing, including Priscilla<br />
Plebanek, who will be<br />
teaching her popular dance<br />
classes in the new space.<br />
“We will be doing all of<br />
our classes out of this building,”<br />
she explained. “We<br />
will be having all of our ballet,<br />
tap, and jazz programs<br />
for kids as well as ballroom<br />
classes and tap classes for<br />
adults out of this building.<br />
We’re going to be starting<br />
a new competition program<br />
and an all boys tap class. We<br />
are super thrilled to be a part<br />
of this new building and everything<br />
it has to offer the<br />
residents of Lockport.”<br />
The preschool rooms<br />
were of interest to many<br />
parents in attendance at the<br />
grand opening, including<br />
Lockport resident Heather<br />
Vainer whose son Robbie<br />
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“I love the new building,”<br />
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