More than 270 volunteers proved Wednesday that Tudor Square Park in Kent can be rebuilt in a day.
Volunteer crews put up a new 2.754-square-foot playground as well as three fitness stations and a walking path at the 4.7-acre park on the East Hill at 112th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 268th Street.
Crews gathered at 8:30 a.m. and finished the project in about six hours.
Kent Parks, Recreation & Community Services, Kent Parks Foundation, Tudor Square Neighborhood Council, Humana, Inc. (a health care company based in Louisville, Ky.,) and KaBoom! (a national non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., that has built more than 2,000 playgrounds in the past 15 years) joined forces to construct the playground.
The customized playground, funded primarily by Humana, was created with personal drawings and input from children and seniors in the community.
This marked the first of eight multigenerational playgrounds and family reunion gathering areas that Humana and KaBoom! will build in eight cities over eight weeks. The other playgrounds are in New Orleans, Greensboro, Albuquerque, Tucson, Nashville, Orlando and San Antonio.
The walking paths and fitness stations at Tudor Square Park help promote good posture, balance and flexibility while the kid-friendly playground creates a multi-generational park.
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