Supervisor of the Town of Tonaw,
and I want to welcome you to
the site of our New Brighton
Recreation Enhancement Project,
which as you can see behind us d
across the street is well undery
and today's exciting announceme.
But before I do that,
I would like to welcome some
honored guests who are with
us this afternoon to my right.
Is Councilman and Youth Parks ad
Recreation Committee Chair Carl Zurich.
We have Deputy County Executived
former Councilwoman Lisa Shimer.
We have current Councilwoman and
a member of the Youth Parks and
Recreation Committee Gina Santa
Maria and County Legislator from
the 4th District and former Depy
Supervisor and Councilman John Barnasi.
And on my left.
No introduction needed.
We have Duane Paddock,
President,
CEO of Paddock Chevrolet,
joined by his children Lauren
Paddock and Shane Paddock.
In order to better understand ad
appreciate why we all are here today,
I think a little history may be warranted.
In 1947, the recreation departmt
in the town was founded in
Franklin Demer's basement.
He was the first director.
He had a budget of little over $7000 in 2023.
The budget for the Youth Parks and Recreation
Committee is just under $11 mil.
Sixty five years ago, in 1958,
older than myself, the youth pa,
the Youth Parks and Recreation Master
Plan was approved by the Town B,
and the Town board passed a $2,000,000 bond.
With the department's expansion
to include outdoor pools,
waiting pools, golf courses,
ice arenas and the recreation
department office to be built,
The Delaware Pool,
the iconic Delaware Pool on Sheridan Drive,
was built in 1954.
The Civic Wading Pool at
Delaware was built in 55.
The Lincoln Pool was built in 5.
The Lincoln and Brighton Arenas,
The Brighton Arena right here,
were built in 1958.
Still older than me,
the Brighton Pool was built in .
The first nine holes at Brighton
Golf Course were put on in 1964.
In 1965 the second nine holes
at Brighton were at it.
In 1968, the Lincoln Playground was built.
In 1969 the Irvington Playground was built.
The Aquatic and Fitness Center was opened on
the side of the old Delaware Pool in 1991.
The Brighton batting cages behis
Are in front of Us opened in 93e
same year The Aquatic and Fitnes
Center posted the World Universy
Games Water Polo event and the Paddock,
Chevrolet Golf Dome and Noco
Pavilion opened in 1998.
In 2009,
the spray pad at Sheridan
Parkside will opened up.
In 9th in 2013,
the Don Councilman DFK Pavilion opened up.
In August of 2016,
Our Rails the Trail opened up ad
earlier this year the Tonawandan
Board approved the Brighton and Lincoln
Park Recreation Enhancement Pros
with a total cost of $22 millio.
We'd like to thank federal and e
officials for their help in providing aid.
For this project couldn't
have been done without them.
So with that history having been said,
by now you probably figured out whose
name is going to be associated h
all that you are going to see here and
across the street in a very short time.
Paddock Chevrolet has long been
recognized as a leader in the automobile
industry as well as our communin
Western New York for over 5 dec.
As well as being a great supporr
of civic events in our town and
village for the past 25 years Paddock
Chevrolet has been associated wh
the Paddock Chevrolet Golf Dome.
Well this morning Paddock Chevrolet and
the Tana Tonawanda are expanding on that
great partnership and we are pleased to
announce together that we have reached a
20 year agreement on the naming rights.
For not only the Golf Dome,
but also for the new 660 seat Ie
Arena that will open up next Ma.
Behind us the $2,000,000 Plus Sh
Park which will open up next sur
across the street along with for
pickup All Courts, a picnic Gro,
a soccer and rugby pitch and more the naming
rights agreement with Paddock Chevrolet.
Will be, as I said,
for 20 years and will pay the tn
almost $2.95 million in total,
along with the naming rights tol
the previously mentioned facili.
The area where all this is taking place will
be rebranded as Paddock Chevrolet Park for
the term of the agreement in recognition.
Of not only Paddock Chevrolet's commitment,
but also Dwayne Paddock's
family's commitment to the town.
This is an historic agreement,
and one that will not only benet
the town and its residents,
but also, quite frankly,
Paddock Chevrolet for many decades to come.
It will also ensure that the town will
continue to be a great place to live,
work and play.
This naming rights agreement wil
also ensure that the Town of Tof
Tonawanda will retain the titlef
being the gold standard of recreational
facilities not only in Western w
York but throughout the state.
So at this time,
it is my pleasure to call up soe
who does need no introduction.
Dwayne Paddock,
president and CEO of Paddock Chevrolet.
Thank you. Thank you.
Good afternoon. You know,
today is a very special day fore
town of Tonawanda,
but it's a very special day forr
family and for Paddock Chevrole,
as most of you know that I I grw
up in the town of Tonawanda andI
played high school baseball at t
diamond right across the street there.
We had conversations before
I'd come to open skate at 3:34,
o'clock back when I was 8-9
and ten years old and beyond.
It it's just a wonderful thing o
see how the town of Tonawanda hs
grown to where where we are tod.
The only disappointing part is,
is we didn't have all this when I was a kid.
You know I I look at the schools
and everything.
I see all that artificial turf
and and it just it's wonderful
to see and the progress that I
I I've seen the town and Western
New York makeover over the year.
You know this is a generational commitment.
On behalf of Paddock Chevrolet,
I wish I could tell you that for
the duration that you know that
I'll be at the top of my game.
But the reality is as we get ol,
the next generation comes comeso
play and that's with my daughter Lauren
Paddock and my son Shane Paddoc,
both of which are actively invod
in dealer the dealership now and
truly run the daytoday operatios
we are all very proud of.
The partnership that we've had
with the town of Tonawanda over
the really the last 60 years,
not just from a business standpt
but from a personal standpoint,
I congratulate everybody that
was involved in this project.
I appreciate their hard work and
dedication to making the town
of Tonawanda a great place to
live and play and work.
Obviously we work in the town of
Tonawanda and I used to play in
the town of Tonawanda and I used
to live in the town of Tonawand.
So I'm just extremely proud of t
I call home and I thank each and
every one of you for allowing mo
be part of it and the generatiol
commitment that Paddock Chevrely made today.
Thank you all very much.
At this time, I would like to cl
up Chairman of our Youth Parks d
Recreation Department, Carl Zarek. Thank
you Supervisor. And again, thank you,
Dwayne, for all you've done
for us here in town. Appreciate
all that. And it's just another partnership
with Paddock Chevrolet here at the at
the Paddock Park that just shows that
whether it's businesses or commy
involvement by nonprofit groups,
everyone jumps in and helps when
we ask for help here in Tonawan.
And very proud of the superviso,
all the work he's done to encoue
those organizations and business
throughout the the town to help us out
when we have a huge project like this
and we're going to be doing a lot more.
Appreciate all the work that
the business has done for us,
community organizations,
the Chamber of Commerce,
this can't just happen along with government
and it's going to be a great project.
Looking forward to it.
I want to thank everyone,
all the construction followers that came
out today to help us along with this.
We're hopefully a little ahead f
schedule on this I would hope and we're
looking forward to that spring opening
for this and the park across the street.
So thank everyone.
Thank everybody in the YPR
department for all you do for
us and looking forward to it.
Going to have a great summer next year.
Thank you so much.
Thank
you. Thank you, Carol.
Before I turn it over and see
if anybody has any questions,
I do want to recognize a couple people here,
somebody who's camber, shy,
but a very important person,
our former Chairman of our Youth Parks
and Recreation Committee, the guy who.
Back in 2012, kind of brought ts
to the Town Board's attention.
We've been working on this took eleven years,
12 years before it opened
to get to this point.
And that's former Council member Dan Crangle.
I also want to acknowledge Assit
Director of Recreation Jeff Rai.
Thank you Jeff, for your you being here.
Unfortunately,
our Superintendent of Parks and Recreation,
Mark Campanel, is unable to be .
But again, we want to thank Mark
for all his hard work and effors
and we're thinking to him today.
So thank you, Mark.
So at this time,
if anybody has questions for either myself,
the town board or Dwayne,
we'll be happy to answer any questions.
No, Okay, everyone, thank you very much
for coming out today. Have a good day.
Thank you. Get some photos.
Sure, sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
This is all going to blow away.
That's what I would say.
That's why I was holding on to
it.