Cook Park veteran manager to leave post

NORWICH – Operating a profitable county-owned recreational park became even bleaker last week with the announced resignation of its 12-year veteran manager.

Gaius Cook Park Manager Jason Cannistra told members of the county’s buildings and grounds committee that he would be taking a job with the highway department in the Town of Afton in a few weeks. Acting Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds Brian Aikens said he would immediately begin searching for Cannistra’s replacement. “Jason needs to show people how to shut down the camp for the winter,” he said. The park, which is in the Town of Greene, closes Sept. 30.



Aikens reported to the committee Tuesday, as requested last month, his advertising ideas and suggestions for increasing the park’s rates. The park drew about 250 more day users this year, but the number of campers dropped by 757. Income has dropped from $21,776 in 2004 to $20,181 in 2006.

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issylu
August 27th, 2007 at 8:00 am
Does Cook Park have a web site? In this day and age of computers it might get the word out to more people. Of course maybe Mr. Brown dosen't believe in computers either.
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