Free Ice Cream Social to Plan Floyd’s Downtown Park

Win a Handmade Quilt, a Night at Hotel Floyd or a Handcrafted Teapot.

Floyd families are invited to a free ice cream social on Saturday, June 7th, 2007 from 12:00 – 4 p.m. at the Sun Music Hall to help plan the Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park.

The Partnership for Floyd is hosting the event and the Floyd County Woman’s Club will help serve free ice cream. Everyone’s ideas are important. The Partnership for Floyd is a non-profit (501c-3) civic organization that was formed in 2003 to support the Town of Floyd and surrounding area. The first planning event/ice cream social for the park area was held last year and great ideas were offered for what the community wants to see in the park area. The list included an amphitheater for music and theater events. This year, the planning event will include architects from Hill Studios and Streamline Timberworks who will draw conceptual sketches of the area and of the proposed amphitheater as community members express preferences.

The Floyd Town Council has done the work to make the space available for the park. The Council would like the community’s input into making a decision for the use of the park and to assist in raising the necessary funds for developing the area. The Partnership for Floyd will be spearheading the fundraising efforts. The Partnership received a $500 grant from the Community Foundation of the New River Valley to assist with the costs of this event.

The Partnership for Floyd will also raffle off a handmade quilt by Thelma Via, a Hotel Floyd gift certificate, and a handcrafted teapot by Jayne Avery. The drawing will be held at the ice cream social at 4:00 p.m.

Raffle tickets are $2.00 each or three for $5.00 and are available at the Town of Floyd office, Something to Do, Hotel Floyd office, Art Under The Sun, and Bell Gallery & Garden and from the Floyd County Woman’s Club and Partnership for Floyd members.