Build the bandstand

Baker City already has one of the nicer parks in Oregon.

A bandstand would make Geiser-Pollman Park better.

We’re glad the City Council voted unanimously last week to allow a 1,200-square-foot bandstand to be built near the center of the park.

Our only concern about the bandstand was the possibility that it would degrade the qualities that make Geiser-Pollman such a great place — its bounty of shade trees, its expanses of well-tended grass, its picnic tables and playground.

But the drawings the bandstand committee showed the City Council eased our fears.

The architect who designed the structure told councilors that the city won’t need to fall even one tree.

Our congratulations to the group which designed, located and is raising funding for the bandstand. They show us all that community enhancements are possible when dedicated citizens pursue their dreams.