Company hopes to add to the fun at Lake End Park

Enhancements are coming to Lake End Park in Morgan City, beginning May 1, as Lake End Rentals will offer a variety of activities for visitors to the park.
Owner Jonathan Scully said he had reached out to former Mayor Boo Grizzaffi about the idea, but then COVID-19 came and put things on hold.
With a new administration, he talked to Mayor Lee Dragna, who he said supported the idea. He credited the work of the mayor and Chief Administrative Officer Charlie Solar Jr. in helping to make this happen.
The idea has grown from its original concept, too.
“Since we started working on this, it’s continued to just get bigger and bigger,” Scully said. “When we went into it, at first, we thought about maybe a little tent on the beach and just having some small rentals, one employee.”
To date, items that will be offered include umbrellas, chairs, kayaks, paddleboards, canoes, scooters, electric bicycles, speakers and corn hole.
“Everything you can think about for the beach,” Scully said.
City Recreation and Culture Director Dwayne Barbier said the addition is a positive for the park because the city can show the public they have things to offer them.
“It gives people that come a better opportunity to use the lake itself,” he said. “I think it’ll be a good thing for the lake to add those amenities.”
While Scully said the rental service will begin May 1, he was unsure if all of their inventory would be available immediately, as COVID-19 has caused some disruptions.
Scully said there are other additions in the works that he can’t disclose at the moment.
“We’re working with the city right now, and they want to see it, too,” Scully said. “We really want to make this not only just something for everybody in St. Mary Parish to come out and do. We want to bring people in from all over Louisiana and out of the state. … We want people to really see how much we want this to happen and make this the coolest park around.”
Initially, the rentals will be available on the weekend from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., but that will change if the need arises to offer it on more days or hours.
“I won’t have everybody calling saying, ‘Hey, that place is never open,’” Scully said. “So if the people want it to be open, it’s going to be open. If it needs to be open seven days a week until 9 o’clock at night, because that’s when the sun goes down, that’s when we will be open.”
Regardless of the hours offered, Scully said arrangements will be made for those who need products whenever they need them.
The rentals will be in a roped off area on the beach, and can be paid for through Venmo, a card reader or cash.
“So we’ll have everything right here,” Scully said. “They’ll be able to take payments on the beach right here.”
Scully said he has received interest from hotels about offering packages for those coming to down, and he said the Cajun Coast Visitors and Convention Bureau has discussed with him about building on the activities being offered.
“There’s a lot of stuff I won’t just kind of tell everybody,” Scully said. “I don’t want to get them too excited until it happens, but we are working on it. We really want to see it come.”
The additions are a win for the city and Scully as it will hopefully attract more visitors while Scully will offer a service.
“It is a good thing for the campers, but it also lets the public come out and enjoy it, because he will be renting to both the RV users and the general public,” Barbier said.