Business helps beautify Roman Forest

The grass at Roman Forest City Park looks a lot greener these days thanks to a donation of sod from Double T Tree Service.

The idea of beautifying the park was recently pitched to the council by representatives of the business, after which council was on board to see what improvements needed to be made.

[Double T Tree Services owner Dennis Rands] essentially adopted the city park, said Roman Forest Police Chief Stephen Carlisle. That means that he intends to keep all of the trees in the park trimmed and keep the park looking good.

Some of the immediate work included the trimming of dangerous limbs that were hanging over park equipment. This also cleared the way to let the sunlight in.

It all looks like a little fairy tale land since the work has been done, said City Secretary Liz Mullane. Once the turf went down, it just looks very green and soft and new.

The process of laying the sod down took approximately two days to roll it out and get it set. Once the process was finished, the city maintenance crew made the decision to have the sprinkler system run above the new sod.

Weve noticed several residents coming into the park to look at the grass and just commenting on how beautiful it looks, said Mullane.

Roman Forest Mayor Ray Ricks is equally happy with the work that has been done, issuing a special thank you to Rands and his employees.

Mullane anticipates that there will be many more improvements on the park.

We have been approved for an East Montgomery County Community Development Grant from EMCID (East Montgomery County Improvement District), Miller Homes and the city, said Mullane. We intend on taking that grant and trying to get funding from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, as well. We are definitely going to continue to try to improve.

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