New equipment added to Anderson playground
ANDERSON, S.C. (WSPA) – The City of Anderson is continuing to work on its master plan for improving parks and playgrounds, installing new equipment at Bea Thompson Park on W Market Street.
Kevin Haag said his daughter, Charlotte, loves coming to Beatrice Thompson Park.
'She loves coming to the park and playing,' said Haag. 'We live just right down the street. This is the closest park to us.'
Haag has lived in Anderson for eight years and has seen makeovers at several parks.
'They've completely revamped another one down the street and they're adding stuff here at Bea Thompson Park years before. They also added equipment by the Civic Center. It's been a lot of changes to parks and they're good,' said Haag.
As a father, Haag finds it important that his daughter has a safe place to play.
'When it's busy, there's a bunch of kids here and they all want to do something and take up some piece of equipment,' said Haag. 'Being able to play on everything, just more stuff, more fun would be nice.'
City leaders said safety is their number one priority when it comes to developing a master plan for parks.
The goal is to have a park where all ages can play in their respective spaces. The right side of Bea Thompson Park will be for younger children and the left side for older children.
'They are adding some climbing type equipment, some netted type equipment,' said Angie Watkins. 'When we initially redid this park in 2020, as you can tell, it's for the younger children who come out and play. We wanted to focus this area on something for the older children and the teens.'
According to Parks and Recreation, the new equipment is funded by the Community Development Block grant.
'We did hit a few stall points when we had Hurricane Helene come through, but everything's back on pace now. We should be through here in the next three to four weeks or early April,' said Watkins.
The city said the new equipment cost around $600,000.
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