EDGEFIELD — Edgefield County broke ground on the $2.45 million regional Star Park at the corner of Rabbit Trail and Star Road on Nov. 4, starting the clock on what's expected to be an eight-month turnaround on opening the park.
Edgefield County Council Chairman Dean Campbell said the park will be a "next generation park."
"It means a lot to be doing this; it's going to be huge for Edgefield County," Nick Wates, parks and recreation director, said. "There's going to be some things at this park that we don't have in Edgefield County."
All told, Star Park will boast a football field, large soccer field and youth soccer field, basketball court and six pickleball courts, a large playground with adaptive equipment and a splash pad.
Two picnic shelters will go up, plus restroom facilities, benches and a concession area for food trucks during games.
A three-quarter-mile walking path will eventually connect Star Park with the Ten Governors Trail.
Wates said the modernized facilities at the park will be one of its biggest draws — many of the county's parks he said he remembers playing at while growing up.
Edgefield County Council in September awarded the $1.83 million construction contract t...