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In The News

Timber Town ... Better, Stronger, Safer (The Chelsea Blog, 6/10/07)

Timber Town Restoration Finale (The Chelsea Blog, 6/9/07)

Restore & More: Timber Town project a community effort (Chelsea Standard, 5/3/07)

TimberTown Restoration Taking Shape (Chelsea Standard, 4/26/07)

Timber Town Park To Get Renovations (Ann Arbor News, 4/24/07)

Rebuilding TimberTown - Volunteers needed to bring play structure back to life (Chelsea Standard, 3/22/07)

Timber Town Memorabilia

[Original artwork by John Mitchell, Sr.]

Limited edition shirts and tote bags with custom artwork of Timber Town by John W. Mitchell, Sr. of Chelsea are available at:

 

Timber Town Park

Wooden Play Structure Built and Renovated by the Chelsea Community

Timber Town is a 12,000 square foot wooden play structure in Chelsea, Michigan. Newly renovated in June 2007, the park features a huge wooden climbing structure, swings, bridges, towers, slides, sandboxes, climbing wall and much more! Timber Town serves as a community attraction for families in Chelsea and throughout Southeastern Michigan.

Location

Timber Town is located north of downtown Chelsea, Michigan, off Sibley Road. From downtown Chelsea, go north on Main St. and turn left on Sibley Rd. Take the first left and follow the drive to Timber Town.

[Timber Town Grand ReOpening 6/10/07. Photo by Leslie Surel]
Chelsea families explore the new and improved Timber Town at the Grand Re-Opening on June 10, 2007. Countless volunteers from the Chelsea area pitched in to make Timber Town better than ever to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Come check it out this summer! Photo taken by Leslie Surel.

Learn More About Timber Town

Timber Town's Beginnings

In 1996, long time Chelsea residents, Gloria Mitchell and Julie Rutherford, began the project management of a grand play structure, which was to become Timber Town. It was a massive community undertaking, garnering some $120,000 in financial support and community donations, along with over 2,500 volunteers to help build the structure and play area. At the time of its construction, Timber Town was one of the largest play structures of its kind in the State of Michigan.

The Timber Town Restoration Project

In celebration of Timber Town's 10 year anniversary, a large restoration project was organized by the Friends of Timber Town, whose sole mission is to secure funds to maintain and renovate the play structure. With project coordination headed up by Amy Mitchell (daughter of Gloria Mitchell), the hardware restoration weekend took place in May 2007, and the restoration weekend took place June 9-10, 2007.

A Special Thank You

The Friends of Timber Town would like to extend a very special thank you to:

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