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By Adrienne Joly
City Investing Millions in Parks, Playground Equipment
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Planter’s Grove Park, Sumption Park and Windsor Park (in 2024). Construction at Sumption Park has already commenced, and the other parks are expected to be upgraded within the next few years. The city also contributed $250,000 for the pavilions at the community playground located on the school learning campus.
id you know that more than 2,000 acres of land in New Albany are dedicated to parks and green space and nearly every New Albany neighborhood is within a quarter mile of a park? This is by design. Before any subdivision is built, the developer must first dedicate 20 percent of the overall land use for the subdivision to green space, and for every unit built, the developer must add another 2,400 square feet of parkland for the development on top of the original 20 percent commitment.
Adrienne Joly
ington Park, James River Park, Lambton Park, North of Woods Park (in 2022),
Photos courtesy of Scott McAfee
Neighborhood Playground Upgrades In keeping its commitment to parks, City Council recently designated more than $3 million to begin upgrading aged playground equipment in city-owned neighborhood parks, which include: By-
Rocky Fork Metro Park To date, New Albany has contributed more than $4 million to this park, which includes three miles of leisure trails, horse trails, shelter and playground areas, and New Albany’s dog park. This park provides a wonderful natural area for our residents, especially those north of state Route 161, and it also reduces the potential for thousands of homes in the area.
Veterans Memorial at Rose Run Park 22
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