RECENT  IMPROVEMENTS AT GWP

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MAJOR CAMP IMPROVEMENTS

NEWLY COMPLETED PROJECTS

  • six canoes to go with two new canoes purchased last year $5,000
  • 12 kayaks $4,000
  • 9 hole disc golf course $3,000
  • Repairs to Shooting Sports and Cope Road $7,500
  • Air Conditioning/Heating units for two directors cabins $1,400
  • 320 target automatic skeet thrower $2,400
  • Welding machine with generator $2,800
  • Hundreds of stumps removed from campsites and program areas
  • "Safe barrier" fence constructed at rifle range
  • New metal roof on the Carr Lodge
  • New Brush Hog purchased
COMPLETED PROJECTS
  • two new canoes
  • new jon boat with 25 horsepower motor for motor-boating merit badge
  • 4 large capacity drink dispensers for dining hall
  • 10 new genesis bows
  • 20 new dining flies
  • new metal roof on pool house
  • "safe barrier" fence at shotgun range
  • 10 new tables in dining hall
  • 50 new chairs in dining hall
  • additional bench seating at chapel
  • new covered pavilion at trading post
  • four square court new at trading post
  • Flag Poles at Dining Hall Painted
  • Flag Pole at HQ Painted
  • Crushed limestone spread at Council Ring
  • Council Ring Fence painted and repaired
  • Improvements made to secondary water well
  • West End Women's Shower Facility repaired
  • Floating dock rebuilt - $1,650
  • Privacy fence in front of dining hall trash trailer
  • Seven new sailboats and off season storage rack - $7,400
  • 190 hp ski boat - $19,000
  • Finishing mower - $1,500
  • Welding of existing row boats - $800
  • Walk in freezer and refrigeration units in dining hall - $27,000
  • Removal and construction of new boat dock - $28,500
  • Dining Hall Re-Painted
  • Cooks cabin painted
  • Replaced cope building roof
  • Rifle target stands replaced
  • New archery stands & target butts purchased
  • Row boat racks constructed
  • Picnic tables repaired
  • Replaced sound system at council ring
  • Purchased new bows for archery program
  • Three new Automated External Defibrillators purchased
  • built shooting sports latrine
PROJECTS UNDERWAY
  • Development of 'Ideal Campsite' plan
  • Tejas Lodge's - Scoutmaster's Lounge
  • Renovation of family camping area
  • Renovations of Carr Lodge

OTHER GWP IMPROVEMENTS
  • Replaced floor in Cooks cabin
  • painted headquarters, health lodge, archery range, CPR Building, staff
  • shower house, nature building
  • Added benches at chapel
  • Founders Lodge
  • rebuilt walkway between ranges at rifle range
  • electrical overhaul in staff area
  • New entrance gate to camp
  • Upgraded the COPE course
  • Painted most campsite latrines
  • Painted admin., first aid, storage building, pool shower, trading post, and work shop
  • Replaced the septic system for two Director's Cabins, Admin. Building, Nelson building and the Assistant Rangers home with aerobic systems
  • Purchased 40 new camp tents with wood poles and 10 tarps
  • Cut and removed hundreds of dead trees
  • Created a Timber Management Committee
  • New sailboats
  • Replace kitchen ovens ($11,000)
  • 100 new chairs and 20 new tables in dining hall
  • Road and parking lot repairs
  • Replacement of chapel roof
  • New COPE equipment