Playground Revival in Norfolk

CITY WORKERS AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK FOR THE PAST YEAR OR SO CREATING NEW PLAYGROUNDS AND UPGRADING OLDER ONES. MOST RECENTLY, THE CITY OPENED BLUESTONE PARK IN THE LARCHMONT NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PLAYGROUND OFFERS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR RESIDENTS WHO USED TO HAVE TO CROSS HAMPTON BOULEVARD TO USE THE PLAYGROUND AT LARCHMONT ELEMENTARY. DENBY PARK BUILT IN A SINGLE DAY BY SOME 400 VOLUNTEERS IS JUST OVER A YEAR OLD. AND RENOVATIONS TO SHOOP PARK HAVE MADE IT A NEIGHBORHOOD DESTINATION FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES. NEW IMPROVEMENTS ARE ON-GOING AT A NUMBER OF OTHER CITY PARKS. IN ALL, NEARLY 20 CITY PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS HAVE BEEN BUILT OR REHABBED IN THE PAST YEAR. TWO MORE PARKS COLONIAL GREENWAY PLAYGROUND AND RIVERPOINT PLAYGROUND ARE SLATED FOR WORK IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
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