Ross Commissioners Seek Grant to Add Disc Golf to Evergreen Park

Ross Township Commissioners voted 8-0 Monday to apply for a $72,350 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to make improvements to Evergreen Park. Commissioner Dan DeMarco was absent.

The project would:

• Add additional parking behind the pavilion
• Expand the road at the park
• Replace the fit trail system with a disc golf course

Ross Recreation Director Eloise Peet told the commissioners the fit trail has become a hazard. She said the disc golf would be similar to the one in Pittsburgh's Schenley Park.

Disc golf is played much like traditional golf. Instead of a ball and clubs, however, players use a flying disc, or Frisbee®, according to the Professional Disc Golf Association.