Portages new family-friendly activity park officially opens – PortageOnline.com [Video]

What started as a simple sketch on the back of a napkin has turned into a major recreation destination, according to the Portage Junk Yard Dogs Cycling Club.

A grand opening celebration was held Saturday, May 31 for the club’s new Bike and Activity Park.

“I’m very thrilled and very relieved that this could all happen,” notes Gary Bergen, president of the Junk Yard Dogs. “Because three years ago this was some sketches on the backside of a napkin. And that idea just kept growing.”

Bergen says the group felt it was finally time to celebrate the milestone.

Blair Geisel, the club’s past president and chair of the Activity Park Committee, shares how the idea originally came to life.

“This got started four or five …