The Bessemer City Parks and Recreation Department held the official ground breaking for the PARTF project at the Bessemer City Swimming Pool on Friday June 23rd at 4pm. In May of 2005 the Recreation Department was awarded a $500,000 matching grant through the Park and Recreation Trust Fund of North Carolina. Over the past year, the City Staff along with Gary Wirth Associates, have been planning and designing the Park Project. The main features of the project are the renovations of the swimming pool and the construction of a Pavilion with a new playground. A contract has been awarded to General Contractor, T. K. Browne Company. The Park is located on Highway 161 at Crowders Mountain road.