The City of Orange has continued to step up the renovations of several of their parks and Levingston Park could be next on the list with the help of Golden Triangle Polymers.
Most people don’t know where Levingston Park is in Orange. It’s on Adams Bayou and can be accessed from Border St. in Orange. The 25 acre area has some of Orange, The Cove, and West Orange surrounding it. It’s named after Samuel Levingston who lived on the property. Levingston created the Levingston Shipyard Co. on the Sabine River. A historical marker sits on the property that also has a small playground, a bench, and a small covered pavilion in the back. Pecan, Sweet Gum, and Live Oak trees are scattered around.
Public Works Director Adam Jack said the city struck a deal with GTP who wants to install some pipelines across the property and the money will be used to turn Levingston into a nature park. The total of the project is close to a million dollars. Just to give you an idea of some of the costs, the walking track is approximately $125,000 and the bathrooms would be $260,000.
As you can see from the Master Plan below there will be many wonderful additions and improvements made to the park. Jack said they’ve even researched the different species of birds in the park and adds that approximately 400 types of birds migrate through the Orange area. There are also a large number of butterflies, etc. that would attract people to the area.
Heather Betancourth with GTP said construction of the pipeline will begin soon and should be done by the end of the year.
Also working on the project are the Texas Master Naturalists, OC Master Gardeners, the Golden Triangle Audubon Society, the Native Plant Society of Texas, Texas A&M Agrilife Extension, Shangri La, and the Center for Resiliency at Lamar University.
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