{"id":54729,"date":"2019-10-24T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/auke-lake-rec-area-one-step-closer-to-completion\/"},"modified":"2019-10-24T00:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T08:30:00","slug":"auke-lake-rec-area-one-step-closer-to-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/auke-lake-rec-area-one-step-closer-to-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"Auke Lake rec area one step closer to completion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t

Donations, hard work, a partnership and a bit of craftsmanship were all it took to take the Auke Lake recreation one more step toward its eventual goal of a more fully realized park area. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“We’re really happy that Rotary can give back to the community,” said Julie Olson, president of the Juneau-Gastineau Rotary Club.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The project, building a pavilion at Auke Lake Park, was part of an effort to involve all local Rotary members in a joint project at least once a year, Olson said. This was accomplished with donations from a variety of sources, including Alaska Marine Lines, which transported the building materials from Icy Straits Lumber in Hoonah, Olson said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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City and Borough of Juneau Parks and Recreation and local Rotary clubs worked together to put up the new pavilion at Auke Lake. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

“They way we like to do things is through partnerships,” said George Schaaf, director of the Department of Parks and Recreation for the City and Borough of Juneau. “They’re a bunch of doers, and they have a lot of talent and skill in their clubs.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

While CBJ provided the concrete pad for the pavilion, the Rotary members built the pavilion over two weekends earlier this summer under the supervision of project manager Eric Carver.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“This package was really easy to put together,” Carver said. “There are a lot of opportunities with Parks and Rec.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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Assistant project manager Nick Carver admires the new pavilion at Auke Lake, a partnership between local Rotary clubs and the Parks and Recreation Department of the City and Borough of Juneau. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

Carver said it took an average of five workers at any given time roughly the length of a weekend to finish the pavilion.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“I think it’s a great step toward completing the area here at Auke Lake,” Schaaf said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The area, which currently houses a paved parking lot and public boat ramp in addition to the pavilion, is slated to receive paved footpaths to replace the current gravel ones, and possibly, Schaaf said, a bathroom instead of a portable toilet.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u2022 Contact reporter Michael S. Lockett at 757-621-1197 or mlockett@juneauempire.com.