Community Center

Liberty Township Community Center
(Liberty Township is part of the area served by Caston School Corporation. This website's owner lives in Liberty Township and space on this website has been provided at no charge to the Liberty Township Community Center Committee Members. Note the "Liberty Township Community Center" link in the list to the left.)

Introduction

By reading these words, you have already taken a small town one step closer to its goal. You have decided to give us an opportunity to share our story, which is how we plan to gain the support necessary to create a better future for our citizens.

Liberty Township is a small community with a big heart. It is a town that lives the clichés of rocking chairs on front porches and tractors in fields. Our citizens may be few and far between, but they are tightly woven together in a community that shares a common goal: to live life to its fullest. Unfortunately, our goal is becoming harder and harder to achieve.

In an effort to maintain our hopeful spirit for a bright future, we have decided to focus our efforts on the building of a community center. We feel that a community center would create a hub for our citizens; a place to gather together to better our future, for social events, business meetings, classes, and programs that will help our citizens to thrive in a town where opportunities are absent.

Our committee has compiled this small booklet (available upon request) to give you a glimpse of our small town and its goal. We have put together a vision of our dream, details of the community center we hope to build. Also included are the words of our citizens, those who have chosen to pledge their support, and therefore decided to step closer themselves to a brighter future. This booklet clearly outlines our goal and our plan to achieve it. We can only hope that you too will not only see the needs we have highlighted, but that you will take action in our effort to fulfill that need. By making that decision, you will not only touch the lives of our citizens… you will touch the future.

Mission Statement

We are determined to build hope for the future by creating a center for educating our citizens, young and old; gathering them in collaboration for local business; housing local athletic leagues and healthy living activities; and turning strangers into neighbors at community social and cultural events. Our mission is simple: to better our community by providing citizens with a place to gather… and grow.

Need Statement

Our small farming community has great need for a facility capable of housing activities that are common in most other cities; such as youth sports programs, family reunions, weddings, concerts, cultural programs, and other large events. Our community has been unable to host such events due to the simple lack of facilities.

Larger communities offer their citizens many community outreach opportunities. These opportunities facilitate growth and improvement in their communities. Our citizens not only lack the facilities that larger communities have available to them, but also the opportunities and financial resources.

Adult education and youth programs are examples of possible activities that would greatly benefit the members of our community. The community center would host foreign language classes, computer classes, instruction for resume building and organizational techniques, parenting classes, exercise classes, community bible studies, and meetings for local businesses to collaborate (such as our large farming community). Classes for children would also be made available such as tutoring, study skills and language classes, and youth sports programs.

The center will provide a place in the community where these programs will give our youth and adult citizens the opportunity to attain the knowledge, skills and versatility needed to grow. Our community will then be more accepted and respected by business, industry and community organizations. Our community may be small, but our dreams are big; and the heart of our community feels that we would only grow stronger with the building of this center.

In summary, we want all of our community members, especially our youth, to have a place and the opportunity to develop to their maximum intellectual, social, emotional, physical and spiritual potential.

Demographics

Liberty Township is located in Fulton County, Indiana. Fulton County consists of 237,606 acres or 371.26 square miles; and Liberty Township occupies 30,226.9 acres or 12.72% of Fulton County. The town of Fulton is located in Liberty Township and occupies a land area of 0.07 square miles or approximately 45 acres and has a population of approximately 203. Approximately 99% of the township is agricultural farm land. The county seat, Rochester, is located 8.8 miles to the Northeast, and the nearest city of any size is Logansport, located 14.8 miles to the southwest; both on State Road 25.

The town of Fulton has a restaurant, volunteer fire department, post office, library, doctor's office, funeral home, convenience store/gas station, well drilling business, Crop Production Services business, pool and fireplace store, antique store, hair salon, barber shop, and craft store with no manufacturing or industrial businesses in the town or township.

Caston School Corporation is located in the township, 2.5 miles south of Fulton. Enrollment in grades K-12 is approximately 772 students with 32.73% participation in the free or reduced lunch program.

Facility Plan

The Liberty Township Community Center, and 8,150 square foot facility, has been flexibly designed to meet the growing needs of the community. A multi-purpose room/gymnasium (seating 320) for large events, storage rooms, conference room (seating 80), a kitchen, and handicap accessible restrooms are all incorporated into the environmentally-friendly "green space" design.

The building is designed with the goal of requiring minimal maintenance for many years to come. In addition, the facility will be adaptable to change as unforeseen needs arise. The exterior is both practical and appealing, further enhancing the appearance of Liberty Township Park, where the building is to be located.

The new community center will sit directly south of Liberty Township Park on three acres of land that was purchased by Liberty Township in the spring of 2006. It will be conveniently located in an area already established as the "hub" of community activities for citizens of all ages. The center will be served with duel street access and be connected to Fulton's town utilities.

Cost and Funding

The projected cost is a significant investment for our community depending upon the structure chosen. The building committee is dedicated to establishing a maintenance escrow account of $200,000 with the Fulton County Community Foundation. Liberty Township has been raising money through private individuals and applying for grants through different organizations in order to fund the much needed building. A professional grant writer has been retained to pursue several grants including a Community Focus Grant for $500,000 toward the cost of the building.

Supporting Letters

Supporting letters and documents from the Fulton County Chamber of Commerce, Fulton County Economic Development Commission, Fulton County Area Planning Commission, Ivy Tech Community College, Purdue University Extension Service, Administrators from the Caston School Corporation, the Pharos Tribune Newspaper editorial, community members and organizations have been provided. Statistical data was provided by the Fulton County Development Commission, Fulton County Chamber of Commerce and Fulton County Area Planning Commission.

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"Mission Statement - Caston School Corporation is committed to providing each student with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to function as tomorrow's exceptional citizens. Teachers, administrators, staff, and the at-large community are dedicated to seeing that the students develop to their full academic, vocational, and personal potential in order that they may take pride in themselves, their accomplishments, and their school. It is our goal that each individual at Caston School Corporation will do his/her utmost to teach, assist, counsel, and encourage one another in making our school the best center for a lifetime of learning."
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