Press Release

July 25, 2007 - (Left) Jill Maguire, Assistant Vice President, Business Development, at Ridgefield Bank, poses with Robert Blake, owner of TruePresence in Ridgefield, in front of the gates to Ballard Park. Mr. Blake is a member of the Friends of Ballad Park which formed in January 2005. For the past two years, the initiative has been raising money to “spruce up” the historic landmark.  Many parts of the project have been completed including new fencing for the playground and formal gardens, a new entrance from the parking lot, the gazebo has been re-roofed and repainted, and many old or diseased trees have been removed. Ridgefield Bank provided a donation to repair and restore the historic wrought iron main gates and pedestrian gate along Main Street.  These gates, which were built in 1883 and have graced the entrances ever since, were badly in need of repair.  During the past year, they have been rebuilt, re-aligned, re-welded and re-painted.  The first gate was re-installed on July 10, and the other gate will be re-installed later this month.