09-05-2025
New playground dedicated at Pulaski Park
ANDERSON — General Pulaski Park has been a part of the city of Anderson since 1930, and it recently received a $327,000 upgrade to the playground.
Anderson Mayor Thomas Broderick Jr. said during a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday that in the early 1900s, a large Polish community located in the area.
The city received a $91,500 grant from GameTime for the new playground equipment. The equipment is designed so that children with physical disabilities can climb the tower and use the attached slides.
Residents will see new playground features, including the multi-level tower, new slides, climbing apparatuses, stand-alone spinners, walkways, new swings, and a variety of activity centers.
The slide, donated by the Anderson Rotary in 2018 in honor of 100 years of service to the city's youth, will remain as a feature of the park's play area.
'This park is a popular attraction,' Broderick said. 'It has a walking trail, fish pond, basketball, tennis and pickleball courts.'
He said the planned upgrades include an improvements to the restroom facilities at the park.
Broderick said the city has purchased equipment for a park upgrade in the Meadowbrook area to be completed this summer.
'It takes a team effort,' he said. 'We have expanded the footprint of this park for added equipment.'
Tom Tackett, maintenance supervisor for the Anderson Parks Department, said the playground equipment is known as the 'Dallas Dazzler,' which was on display at a national trade show.
He said the city has worked with May and May, which has done installations of equipment on seven upgraded city parks recently.
'This is a heavily used park,' Tackett said.
Kenny Davenport, a member of the Anderson Park Board, said the board has been active in pursuing park improvements.
'Ther is no greater joy than to see the playground for the kids to use,' he said.
Broderick said the city has upgraded 25 of its 30 parks over the past nine years.
He said the Park Department has an annual budget of $3.5 million, which at one time was only $800,000.
Last year the city put in new equipment at Shadyside Park and the Geater Center, utilizing a grant opportunity.
