WORCESTER – On Thursday afternoon, the City of Worcester will host a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the renovations and new equipment at the Betty Price Playground on Eastern Ave.
The ceremony will take place at 4:30 PM.
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The renovations include the installation of a new ADA accessible playground with a poured-in-place surface and playground equipment for ages 2-5 and 5-12.
The playground will also now include a fitness area with a multi-point training system, new lighting, a paved walkway, new fencing, a canopied picnic area, benches, trees and new Betty Price Playground sign.
The playground is named after the late Elizabeth “Betty” Price, a woman who led the way for African American women in Worcester. In 1973, Price became the first African American woman elected to the School Committee. She was also the founder and director of the Prospect House, a human services agency that assisted the poor.
The $1.2 million project was made possible through a City Council Tax Levy Appropriation and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant Program.
Lead photo: Betty Price Playground/Patrick Sargent for ThisWeekinWorcester.com
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