The new playground at Peek Park in Cedartown stands nearly ready to welcome children as the city prepares to officially open the community-funded and built structure Saturday during the Cedar Valley Arts Festival.
The new playground at Peek Park in Cedartown stands nearly ready to welcome children as the city prepares to officially open the community-funded and built structure Saturday during the Cedar Valley Arts Festival.
Terry McElwee of M Brick Co. Inc. works to install the bricks at the entrance of the new Peek Park playground during the final days of construction on Friday, April 19.
One of the features of the new playground is a separate “tot lot†for smaller kids to be able to play on equipment closer to their size.
Some of the look of the new playground was inspired by the buildings in ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Cedartown.
There are plenty of places to run, climb and swing in the new playground at CedartownÐÔÊӽ紫ý Peek Park.
ItÐÔÊӽ紫ý taken hundreds of volunteer hours and more than $800,000 in donations from companies and stakeholders, but a new place for children to play is almost ready.
City of Cedartown officials are set to hold the grand opening of the new Peek Park playground Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in conjunction with the first day of the Cedar Valley Arts Festival.
The annual event is significant as it was where the city kicked off the campaign last year to raise the money and enlist volunteers to help build the state-of-the-art playground.
The city led the initiative to raise the money needed to complete the project through donations from area civic clubs and industries as well as the purchase of personalized fence pickets and bricks.
Just like the original 1999 community-built playground, this new playground is constructed to last and was thoughtfully designed. Hundreds of volunteers laid the groundwork for the new playground during a five-day community build last month.
Since then, city employees and the Polk County Jail Inmate Work Detail program have been working to complete the project.
The entire play area is equipped with a rubber safety surface funded by a grant from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. Features also include a dual racing zip line, ADA accessible merry-go-round, playhouses that resemble ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Cedartown architecture, a replica of the Big Spring bridge, crawl tunnel, picnic area and more.
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