The "For Everyone Forever" Campaign for the Future of Our Parks provides an ideal time to permanently link a donor's family name, or honored name, with the proud tradition and vision of our parks.

The Campaign offers named gift opportunities ranging from a specific garden area to entire facilities. Just as the name attached to an opportunity will be held in perpetuity, it will also enable generations of visitors to enjoy the quality and excellence that have been synonymous with the Wheeling Park Commission.

These opportunities include:

NAMING OPPORTUNITIES - OGLEBAY PARK

Crispin Center
      - Pine Room
      - Pool
Golf Course at Crispin Center
      - Holes on Crispin Course
Oglebay Tennis Center
      - Tennis Courts
      - Practice Court
Crispin Athletic Field
Caddy Camp
Oglebay Playground
Greenhouses
Palm House
Par 3 Golf Course
Service Building
OPCA Shelter
Oglebay Clubhouse
Holes on the Speidel Golf Course
Holes on the Klieves Golf Course
      - Putting Greens
Carriage House Glass
Bissonnette Gardens
      - Spring Bulb Show
      - Fall Mum Show
      - Hanging Basket Displays
      - Bissonnette Gardens - Fountain Area
      - Bissonnette Gardens - Pergola at Fountain
      - Guest House Flowerbed
      - Greenhouse Flowerbed (upper level)
      - Flowerbed Next to Human Resource Office
      - Garden Benches
Oglebay Cottages
      - 31 Available
New Cottages
Nature Trails
Wigginton Arboretum
      - Arboretum Walks
Oglebay Road System
      - Lodge Road
      - Garden Road
      - Zoo Road
      - Speidel Road
      - Crispin Road
Winter Festival of Lights
Winter Festival of Lights - Individual Displays
Wilson Lodge
      - Terrace Room
      - Ft. Henry Room
      - Banquet Room I, II, III
      - Room A
      - Room B
      - Lakeview Room
      - Glass Works Grill Room
      - Indoor Pool
      - Exercise Room/Spa
      - Conference Center - It is anticipated that this facility will be named the George Lutz National Training Center for Public Facility Managers.
      - Suites

NAMING OPPORTUNITIES - WHEELING PARK

Golf - An upgraded course, landscaping and an operations and maintenance building are planned to enhance this course originally constructed in 1926.

White Palace and Memorial Ice Rink - An addition to this structure would provide for an indoor ice rink, indoor tennis courts, pro shop, bleacher area and improved locker rooms.

Stone Building and Pool - Renovations would allow for ADA accessibility, renovated locker rooms, renovated main floor, new splash pad toddler pool and a new water slide.

Tennis - An addition to the White Palace will accommodate indoor tennis with a pro shop, bleachers and food facilities - all allowing for more tournament activities.

Shelters - Opportunities for new shelters exist throughout Wheeling Park. Potential sites include the following - between the Stifel Playground and Bertschy Gates; at the opposite end of the knoll from the current bandstand shelter; at the pool area; and a shelter replacing the current bandstand shelter. Three additional small shelters are planned east of the Schwertfeger Shelter.

Good Lake Area - A covered carousel will be located uphill from the boathouse, a new and exciting miniature golf course will replace the existing course and upgrades are planned for the existing playground.

Wheeling Park Amphitheater - Improvements to this area include repairs to the structure, ADA accessible paths, permanent seating, lighting and landscaping.

Wheeling Park Picnicking - Some small picnic table shelters will be constructed and picnic sites will be added on the west end of the knoll and east end of Good Lake.

Interpretive Displays - Wheeling Park's legacy reaches further back in history than any other Wheeling Park Commission property. The story of the park will be designed as interpretative displays to be placed strategically throughout the park in a manner similar to the interpretative panels found at Oglebay Park.

Mountain Bike Trails - While no location has been established for mountain biking, the topography of Wheeling Park will be studied for its feasibility to accept a mountain bike trail.

NAMING OPPORTUNITIES - GOOD ZOO AT OGLEBAY

Bird and Primate Exhibit - Come face to face with monkeys along a new, elevated boardwalk. View these monkeys in the treetops - just as they would be in the wild. As visitors proceed down the boardwalk they will encounter a bird species in a large Aviary

Children's Farmyard Area - In addition to increased landscaping, new to this popular area will be a Subterranean Rodent Exhibit. Resident animals may be prairie dogs or the Rocky Mountain pica. There will be plenty of digging space where the little rodents can burrow.

The Wetlands Exhibit - This exhibit will interpret the wild swamps of North America with sand hill cranes, trumpeter swans, the bald eagle and the river otter. The new otter exhibit will provide plenty of riverbank area for the otters to dig in the dirt, catch a crayfish and play. There will be a place for underwater viewing.

South American Habitat - This new exhibit will house Humbolt Penguins and Spectacled Bears. These endangered animals will participate in an International Species Survival Plan.

Visiting Animal Exhibit Area - This area will be home to visiting animals such as past visitors - tiger cubs, giraffes and white alligators.



Australian Adventure - This area will be divided into two separate adventures: an Aviary for Lorikeet Feeding and a Wallaby Walk-Through. In the aviary visitors will be able to purchase special food for the lorikeets and then feed these beautiful birds. Then, visitors will experience a barrier free stroll through the Wallaby Walk-Through.



Children's Discovery Garden - The traditional playground will be transformed into a colorful, interactive play area featuring numerous outdoor activities for children. Youngsters will be delighted by an outdoor maze, a water play area and a huge sand box. A hands-on garden area will present a fun but educational approach to the connection between plants and animals.

Small Mamals Exhibit - This area will feature a new exhibit of Gibbons on one side of the path, with a boardwalk loop for close viewing and new and enlarged enclosures on the other side of the path for the Ocelot and Lemur exhibits. The old red wolf exhibit will be transformed into an environment for South American Species and the trees will be filled with spider monkeys while the ground area will be alive with capybaras and agoutis.

Veterinary Hospital - All new animals to Oglebay's Good Zoo go through quarantine in the vet hospital and the zoo rehabilitates local injured wildlife. Visitors may enjoy a side trip to this area to view a surgical procedure in progress through public viewing windows. The surgical suite, nursery, treatment room and x-ray room ensure that all the zoo animals have the very best care, in both husbandry and health.

African Habitat - Two spacious enclosures will provide homes for a potential variety of small to medium sized African species. Examples might include the 300 pound Aldabra tortoise or a display of large African veldt birds. The African Grasslands will offer sanctuary to zebras, ostrich and antelope and will provide a spectacular view as a low fence hidden in a shallow moat will safely contain the animals. A new elevated pathway to the African Forests will take visitors into the treetops to see the colobus monkeys.

NAMING OPPORTUNITIES - PROGRAM ENDOWMENT

Oglebay Park Children's Association
Junior Golf
Junior Tennis
Youth Sports Program
Summer & Outdoor Theater Entertainment
Zoo Docents
Zoo Education
Access to the Parks

Now in Progress