4/26/2023 0 Comments Eventbrite for nonprofits“As a wheelchair user and father to three elementary school-aged children, I am really excited by the vision and promise of this park, in particular the wheelchair -accessible natural-area features and adaptive climbing access pathway,” Byers wrote. The roughly $1 million project will be funded partly through state grants and partly through private grants and donations. Shields Park, cleaning up the trash and improving the trails, making them more accessible for Byers and everyone else. In April, Byers wrote the county in support of the Make Beacon Hill Phase 2 project, which would renovate both Camp Sekani Park and John H. “It’s not exactly somewhere where you’re like, ‘I really want to take my kids,’ ” Knowles said. Dumped trash clogs the parking area and it’s not uncommon to find drug paraphernalia in the bushes. More often than not, broken glass litters the ground. “It’s got so much going on.”ĭespite all it offers, the park has a reputation of neglect. “Shields Park is kind of the Swiss army knife of parks,” Spokane County Paul Knowles said. The 26-acre park, which is jointly owned by the city of Spokane and Spokane County, sits alongside the Centennial Trail, is near the river and in addition to offering easily accessed climbing is close to mountain biking and hiking trails. “The Centennial Trail is great, but it’s not quite nature.”īyers was excited when he heard about a plan to improve access, of all kinds, at John H. “Those kind of opportunities for people with disabilities, it’s really important to get outside,” he said. Still, there are infrastructural limitations to where and when he can be in nature. He’s climbed and generally looks to be outside, with his children, as much as possible. The 40-year-old father of three is an avid racer last year he completed six marathons. Born with a rare birth defect, one which prevented the formation of his sacrum, Tyler Byers has used a wheelchair his entire life.
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