It was a dream come true as the ribbon was officially cut on the new Gill & Schmall Dream Ride Park. A barbecue was held on Aug. 18 to celebrate the opening of the park, located beside Neepawa’s Gill & Schmall, at 371 Mountain Avenue. The park features include wheelchair accessible tables, a hard-top gazebo, and plenty of places for families to sit and enjoy Neepawa’s core while surrounded by lush flower beds. Dream Ride co-organizer Marsha Forgue said the new park downtown is for everyone. “It’s a place downtown where people can take their lunch or go and visit and sit. We didn’t really have that downtown. You could go to Riverbend, but there could be issues for seniors to go up and down a hill,” she said. “Dream Ride is a Neepawa event created in 2020, and it’s raised $237,000. That’s because of the Neepawa and area community alongside the cyclists and walkers who participate. To be able to have a fixture of the Dream Ride in our town is special.”