Colonial Lake, A Jewel in the Center of the Holy City

Sometimes we don't know what we have until we almost loose it. Or until it's so broken or outdated.

Colonial Lake in the middle of Charleston has always just been there. A pretty, plain, peaceful place to drive or walk by, but generally not a destination. When my kids were growing up in the seventies, they loved to rollerskate on the wide walkway, fish with their PopPop and see who could race around the entire perimeter the fastest. And the great thing about Colonial Lake today is that kids of any age can still do the same things!


My son, Rob with his grandpop. Probaby about 1975.
 

And the neighborhood residents would love to keep it that way, but it may not be "plain old" Colonial Lake for long. The Charleston Parks Conservancy and the City of Charleston have just begun fundraising to transform Colonial Lake with beautiful landscaping and more seating areas where the public can enjoy this landmark downtown park.

They elicited ideas from the public as well as design consultants and the capital campaign will begin very soon. If you're a lover of our public spaces, I know you'll want to contribute. Right now the Park is beautiful in its simplicity. When the renovation is complete sometime in 2014, it will become a destination and will make us even prouder of our wonderful city.

If you would like more information about the effort, just log on to http://www.charlestonparksconservancy.org/