Yes, although the details we know are scarce. Last year, they said it was going to be this summer and obviously that didn't happen. Definitely come to the meeting!
You've seen the mess out in the field where they did soil testing — the major part of the renovation is to make the field nice and level for playing ball, and oh also making sure there's not buried oil tanks leaking nasty things (well, oil, presumably) into the soil.
Then they're also redoing the play area. There's plans on the city web site for what they're going to do to Albion Park (http://www.somervillema.gov/section.cfm?org=OSPCD&page=1288) (click on the pdf links in the list on the right to get to the good stuff), and they look pretty decent, so I'm optimistic.
As we understand it right now, nothing has been really decided except one huge thing: complaints from elderly people (presumably not actual users of the playground) that the sand is unsanitary means that it's currently slated to be removed.
Most of the parents we know at the playground really want to keep the sand, because all of our kids love it — and because the health concerns seem unfounded. The city people said it might be possible to keep one small sandbox. (How that would be more sanitary is a mystery.) Hopefully we'll be able to convince them of the importance.
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Re: important for Hodgkins/Curtis Park
Date: 2008-10-21 04:37 pm (UTC)You've seen the mess out in the field where they did soil testing — the major part of the renovation is to make the field nice and level for playing ball, and oh also making sure there's not buried oil tanks leaking nasty things (well, oil, presumably) into the soil.
Then they're also redoing the play area. There's plans on the city web site for what they're going to do to Albion Park (http://www.somervillema.gov/section.cfm?org=OSPCD&page=1288) (click on the pdf links in the list on the right to get to the good stuff), and they look pretty decent, so I'm optimistic.
As we understand it right now, nothing has been really decided except one huge thing: complaints from elderly people (presumably not actual users of the playground) that the sand is unsanitary means that it's currently slated to be removed.
Most of the parents we know at the playground really want to keep the sand, because all of our kids love it — and because the health concerns seem unfounded. The city people said it might be possible to keep one small sandbox. (How that would be more sanitary is a mystery.) Hopefully we'll be able to convince them of the importance.