Save Our Park previews 'Adopt an Acre' website to help fund Woodland Lake Park maintenance

Nancy Welch presented Save Our Park's Adopt an Acre program and website preview to the Pinetop Lakeside Town Council, describing the group's focus on infrastructure, payment options and outreach to fund ongoing park maintenance.

Welch said Save Our Park is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and that the site currently displays the park's initial 107 acres. The site will allow donors to select colored boxes on a map (brown $50, green $200, blue $500) that reflect estimated maintenance cost differences; payments will be processed through Stripe into an earmarked account used only for Adopt an Acre. Save Our Park plans certificates and donor materials, subscription options and a monthly newsletter as part of long-term stewardship.

Welch said the website is on a staging server and the group will not go live until the town and partners are ready; she thanked Mayor Irwin and council members for prior support. Council members asked about rollout timing (a tentative March 24 date was acknowledged as unlikely) and praised Save Our Park's fundraising history. The council did not take separate action but later thanked the presenters; Save Our Park invited immediate adoptions that evening.