Although Big Sandy residents may not have heard much about the proposed swimming pool lately, fund-raising activities have continued to be busily engaged behind the scenes. As a consequence, we are happy to report a recent grant award of $100,000 from a foundation which would like to go unnamed. This grant puts the total amount raised for this project to somewhere over $2.3 million. The goal to begin construction this Spring is $2.5 million, while the hoped-for goal remains $2.7 million.
We are getting closer and closer to our goal and are very appreciative of all of the community support we h...