Alliance Cuts the Ribbon on Accessible Fitness Area
August 6, 2024
In July, Prospect Park Alliance joined Council Member Shahana Hanif and community members from Good Neighbors of Park Slope to celebrate the ribbon cutting for the Adult Fitness Area and Harmony Playground Improvements in Prospect Park! Funded through District 39 Participatory Budgeting, the expanded fitness area offers new equipment that is accessible for people of all abilities in our community so that everyone can make the most of health and wellness in Brooklyn’s Backyard. Improvements also include new seating, plantings and safety surface to enhance the visitor experience, as well as a new sandbox sunshade structure at the adjacent playground.
“Prospect Park is a destination for health and wellness in countless ways—whether you come to the park to spend time in our serene woodlands, to exercise, take part in an event or public program, and so much more—we all can feel the ways in which the park is essential to our community,” shares Prospect Park Alliance President Morgan Monaco. “The Alliance’s founding mission is to ensure that the park is accessible to everyone, and that all feel welcomed and able to make the most of all that Brooklyn’s Backyard has to offer. Key to this goal is having intergenerational park destinations like our fitness area at Harmony Playground, which is an intergenerational destination for wellness and allows our community to be their happiest, healthiest selves.”
The project was advocated for by Community Members of Good Neighbors of Park Slope, whose members joined the ribbon cutting for a demonstration of the accessible fitness equipment. c. Caroline Ourso
Through this funding, the Alliance has also enhanced Harmony Playground with a sandbox shade structure to help a beloved park playground remain an accessible space for fun even throughout the hot summer months. The last phase of the project will restore the adjacent lawn areas at the Bandshell, and work will begin this fall.
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