Completed Projects/Issues - Parks / Coast / Environment

New Playground in UC Opens

Councilman Peters playing with UC kids

South UC kids playing on their huge climbing rock

Parents and kids at UC Gardens/McElroy Field

On, Saturday, October 9, Councilman Scott Peters joined UC families to celebrate the completion of the second new playground in UC, at UC Gardens Park. The crowd celebrated the grand opening of the new UC Gardens/McElroy Field playground with juice, cookies and a ‘first slide’ ceremony. “We are not only celebrating a new playground, we are creating memories for families living in University City,” said Peters.

The new prehistoric themed playground includes a huge climbing rock located in the center of the playground, a large Tyrannosaurus Rex slide, a Stegosaurus slide, swings and safety surfacing that allows children with disabilities to play.

To complete the project, Councilman Peters identified three partially funded projects and asked the community to prioritize them. The community chose the UC Gardens playground project as their top priority, and Councilman Peters worked to combine funding sources from the three partially funded projects to complete the top ranked playground.

Councilman Peters also successfully completed upgrades to the Standley Park Playground in 2002, installed a new water fountain in UC Village Park and is working to build a new playground at UC Village Park.

South UC families who use McElroy Field/UC Gardens park for sports now have a new safe place to play, and are anticipating a new public bathroom planned for UC Gardens/McElroy Field expected to be installed in 2005.

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