![]() It's time for Baseball and Softball Season to start in Shelburn and the Shelburn Youth League is looking for Local businesses and/or individuals to sponsor a team or advertise with a banner in the outfield! You may pick up a Sponsorship Form at the Town Hall. Outfield Banner Sponsorship is $100 and the Youth League will display a 5ft by 3ft full color banner with your business name or logo on it. Banners will be displayed in the outfield all season long. Team Sponsorship is $300 which will be used to supply team shirts, socks and/or hats for your sponsored team. Your business name and/or logo will be printed on the team shirts as well as any fan shirts that's ordered. You'll also receive a 5ft by 3ft outfield banner as well. To Download a Sponsorship Form CLICK HERE. You can turn in your sponsorship form and check at the Shelburn Town Hall or to the Shelburn Youth League. If you have any questions, the contact information for the Youth League board is on the sponsorship form.
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Notice is hereby given that the Town of Shelburn will receive sealed bids for their 2024 Mowing Season, located in the Town of Shelburn, Sullivan County, Indiana.
Sealed bids are invited and may be forwarded by mail, other courier service or in person to Town of Shelburn, Attn: Mowing Bids, 15 N. Railroad St. Shelburn, IN 47879 until 4:00pm on March 12, 2024. Bids received after such hour will be returned unopened. Bids will be opened and publicly read aloud on March 12, 2024 at 6:00pm at the Shelburn Community Building where a vote to approve a bid will immediately follow. The contract will consist of mowing 23 properties, as well as spraying weed killer at select locations as needed during the entire 2024 season. A list of the properties can be found on our website at shelburn.in.gov or picked up at our Town Hall located at 15 N. Railroad St. Shelburn, IN 47879 Monday thru Friday 8am-4pm (closed for lunch from 12-1). DOWNLOAD THE MOWING BID LIST HERE ![]() The Shelburn Park Board is looking for someone to fill a vacancy on their board. Only requirements are that you must be a resident of the Town of Shelburn, be able to volunteer at Park sponsored functions, and be able to attend board meetings. Anyone interested needs to fill out an application and turn it into the Shelburn Town Hall or you can drop it in the drop box for the water bills. You can also email your application to [email protected] This park board position will be a four year term and your term will expire at the end of 2027. Applications and/or letters of intent need to be dropped off at the Water Office no later than 4:00pm on Tuesday February 13, 2024. CLICK HERE to download the application. Some additional info about the Park Board : The Shelburn Park Board will be hosting their 5th Annual Discover the Magic of Christmas Event this November and their 4th Annual Boo Bash this October. In addition to their annual events on the calendar for the 2024 agenda is also the Shelburn Ball Diamond Improvement Project as well as other grant opportunities to make improvements and updates to the Town Park and Dawson’s Pond.
The mission of the Redevelopment Commission is to promote and encourage business growth and expansion while appropriating land use and improvements within the Town of Shelburn. In doing so, they facilitate discussions on economic development issues, provide land use and development information to local elected and appointed officials, and provide public input on development, land use, and other economic development issues.
Duties of the Shelburn Redevelopment Commission include the following:
If you are interested in being a part of the Shelburn Redevelopment Commission, please fill out an application. You can mail or drop off the application at the Shelburn Town Hall at 15 N. Railroad St. Shelburn, IN 47879. You can also email it to [email protected]. The deadline to apply for the 2024 Shelburn Redevelopment Commission is 4:00pm on January 9, 2024. You can download an application here or pick one up at the Shelburn Town Hall. On Monday December 4th Clerk-Treasurer Melissa Copeland as well as Town Council Elects Aaron Lewis, Jared “Opie” Miller, and Alex Norris all traveled to Evansville, Indiana for the day and attended the Newly Elected Officials Training. They are excited to hit the ground running on January 1st!
The Town of Shelburn Indiana is looking for individuals, families, organizations and businesses to “Light the way for Christmas Magic” for the Fourth Annual Discover the Magic of Christmas in Downtown Shelburn. These super cute wooden Christmas lights are 2 feet tall and will line the streets in downtown Shelburn during the month of December. You can choose to put your family name or business name on it or use it as a way to honor or remember a loved one.
The cost to sponsor a light is just $25 and all the funds raised from them will go directly to the Shelburn Park Board and will be used to help finance the Park Board Events and to make improvements to the park properties. The Fourth Annual Discover the Magic of Christmas in Shelburn will take place on Friday, November 24, 2023 at 5:30pm. It will feature free hot chocolate and cookies while you wait for Santa and his reindeer to arrive! More details coming soon. RSVP on Facebook! Click Here to download the Sponsorship form or you may pick up a form at the Shelburn Town Hall. *The Deadline to sponsor a bulb is 4pm on Monday November 20th. Your form AND payment must be turned into Liz at the water office by 4pm on Monday November 20th. Payments must be made in cash, check, or money order and forms must be filled out and turned in. At one time, Shelburn had two elementary schools and a high school. The West Ward Elementary School was located where the Shelburn Ball Diamond is now and the East Ward Elementary School was located where the Town Park is on Mill St. When those schools were closed and consolidated into Shelburn Elementary School in the late 50's, it was agreed upon that the properties would always be used for recreational purposes for the Town of Shelburn. Over the years it was always assumed that the Town of Shelburn owned these properties. However, earlier this Summer Clerk-Treasurer Melissa Copeland was working on a grant for improvements at the Shelburn Ball Diamond and found that wasn't the case. During her research Melissa discovered that the Town of Shelburn didn't actually own their Ball Diamond or their Town Park and that the Northeast School Corporation did. She immediately reached out to Northeast School Corporation Superintendent Dr. Mark Baker to discuss the possibility of Shelburn securing the properties. Dr. Mark Baker and the School Board agreed that Shelburn should own their own Ball Diamond and Town Park and on July 11, 2023 the Shelburn Town Council voted to purchase the Ball Diamond and Town Park property from the Northeast School Corporation for the price of $1. The real estate exchange has been finalized and for the first time ever, the Town of Shelburn now 100% owns their Ball Diamond and Town Park. The Shelburn Park Board has worked tirelessly this Summer to secure a grant for improvements to the Shelburn Ball Diamond and is currently in the process of planning future upgrades to the Town Park as well. There will be a lot of exciting things coming for the youth of Shelburn in 2024!
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The Town of Shelburn's Park Board was awarded a $12,000 grant for upgrades and repairs to the Shelburn Ball Diamond. The updates and repairs will consist of making the entire park ADA compliant as well as installing a safety net to protect spectators and children on the playground from foul balls, a new shelter house with picnic tables, a new swing set, and more! The previous swing set was destroyed in a storm during the Spring of 2021 and while there is still a playground there, the area at the ball diamond is the only safe and usable park area in the Town of Shelburn.
Clerk-Treasurer Melissa Copeland stated that she's focused on bringing the quality of life back to Shelburn and the Park Board is really spearheading the efforts on giving the people of Shelburn somewhere safe for kids and families to spend their time. "We have a lot of families here in our little town and new families who are moving in. We want to give everyone, of all ages, somewhere to gather together as a community. We hope that the updates to the Ball Diamond will give the town more sense of pride and will inspire the younger generation to get out and play some ball! ![]()
The Shelburn Park Board hopes to have this project completed by the end of March, in time for a "Grand Opening Celebration" at the beginning of the 2024 Spring Baseball and Softball Season. They are already working on their next grant opportunity to make much needed upgrades to the Town Park on East Mill St as well as restoring Dawson Pond. The Shelburn Park Board consists of Danielle Schalburg, Jenny Ransford, Heather Lewis, and Melissa Copeland. The Park Board President Kenny Miller passed away earlier this year and Copeland says they plan to plant a tree at the newly updated park in his memory when the project is finished.
Presenting the check and pictured with Copeland is Wabash Valley Community Foundation Board Chair, Ally Orwing. |
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