Webster Groves is planning ADA-accessible features for its playgrounds.
Webster Groves is planning ADA-accessible features for its playgrounds.
ADA-accessible playground features are among the projects that may be funded through Destination WG, the broader capital initiative funded through Proposition W. Webster Groves voters approved Prop W on April 2, 2024, authorizing the city to issue $22.1 million in bonds, according to the City of Webster Groves. The city has described the bond as allowing construction of various new and updated recreation facilities, per the city's Friday Page newsletter.
Part of a Broader Pattern of Park Upgrades
This isn't the city's first swing at modernizing its playgrounds. Webster Groves Parks and Recreation held a grand opening for the renovated Blackburn Park playground on November 27, with up to 75% of that playground's features accessible to people of all abilities, the Webster-Kirkwood Times reported. Deer Creek Park also received a new playground around the same time, and Ivory Crockett Park got a new pavilion and playground piece, according to the same report.
The Webster Groves City Council had approved funding for those earlier renovations at Blackburn, Deer Creek, and Ivory Crockett parks back in June 2022, the Webster-Kirkwood Times noted. The city has also proposed a splash pad and water-play features at Ivory Crockett Park.
Taken together, the moves suggest Webster Groves is steadily working through its park system park by park, with accessibility improvements among its recreation priorities.
