{"id":2536,"date":"2026-07-14T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2536"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:39:00","slug":"whos-rebuilding-jenkintowns-only-playground-maybe-you-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2536","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s rebuilding Jenkintown\u2019s only playground? Maybe you are."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><audio><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p>Jenkintown residents are building a playground this month.<\/p><div><\/div><p>Or at least, part of a playground.<\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>\u201cThey\u2019re not professional contractors,\u201d said Darrell Campana of Eustace Engineering, which is handling land work, like regrading and water drainage. The playground company Kompan is installing the play equipment.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2533\">History suggests LGBTQ Republicans are making a mistake in Texas\u2019 Senate race<\/a><\/p><div><\/div><p>But local volunteers do plan to construct parts of the replacement for Jenkintown\u2019s only playground on the last weekend in July after Eustace demolished the beloved Jenkintown Castle there in April. <\/p><div><\/div><p>The finished playground, dubbed Legacy Park, will include slides, swings, a toddler section, and an imaginative play area with a stage donated by Jenkintown Music Theatre, said Kelly Hudson, who spearheaded the roughly $1.3 million project as a volunteer on the newly formed playground board. <\/p><div><\/div><p>Residents have led planning and fundraising for the project as Jenkintown tries to balance its proud DIY ethos with the present-day constraints of construction, insurance, and liability. <\/p><div><\/div><div><h3>Beloved Jenkintown Castle demolished<\/h3><\/div><div><\/div><p>Playground renovation plans began after a 2024 inspection revealed several parts of the play area, which is next to Jenkintown Elementary, were unsafe.<\/p><div><\/div><p>The castle play area was built in 2002 and lovingly maintained by residents \u2014 which may be why the structure, expected to last about 12 years, lasted more than two decades said Nina Russakoff, a Jenkintown school board member who\u2019s helping to coordinate the new project. <\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>In a 2024 update on the damaged castle ahead of the renovation, school officials had to remind residents to stop fixing it themselves: \u201cWe know your intentions are good, but we need to &#8230; [follow] the recommendations of the engineer.\u201d<\/p><div><\/div><p>Residents held a farewell picnic and fundraiser at the castle in March before it was destroyed.<\/p><div><\/div><div><div><blockquote><div> <div> <div> <\/div><\/div> <div><svg><g><g><g><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div><div> <div>View this post on Instagram<\/div><\/div> <div><div> <\/div><div> <\/div><div> <\/div><\/div> <div> <\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><div><\/div><p>The school\u2019s nonprofit arm, the Jenkintown Education Foundation, and other community groups have raised about $1.5 million for the project known as Legacy Park, Hudson said. If the playground doesn\u2019t go over budget, the remaining funds will be used to make further improvements to the park.<\/p><div><\/div><p>There are many older, community-built parks like Jenkintown\u2019s in the Philadelphia area, said Scott Lean of Kompan, the company providing the play equipment, but that model has become less viable in recent years.<\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>\u201cThe liability standpoint from doing a community build just seems a little risky in this day and age,\u201d he said.<\/p><div><\/div><div><h3>Residents help rebuild Jenkintown playground<\/h3><\/div><div><\/div><p>Residents can still shape the playground\u2019s future, though.<\/p><div><\/div><p>Project leaders are recruiting volunteers for the community build weekend from July 30 to Aug. 2. The residents will be supervised by experienced crew leaders, with a meal and free childcare for people who volunteer a shift.<\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>Residents will be working on drumming stations, a sign language fence, and log seating carved from trees felled on the school grounds. <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2531\">Day vs. night in Collingswood | Inquirer South Jersey<\/a><\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>In the meantime, land work will continue this month, although several retaining walls are already in place, Campana said. <\/p><div><\/div><p>Volunteers may be playing a smaller role in playground construction this time around, but it was local residents who fundraised most of the park\u2019s budget.<\/p><div><\/div><div><\/div><p>Large donations came from fastener factory SPS Technologies and other local businesses, a state grant, and several families, with more than 1,600 individual donations.<\/p><div><\/div><div><h3>What will Jenkintown\u2019s new playground look like?<\/h3><\/div><div><\/div><p>Volunteers also led the design of the new playground with guidance from students, teachers, and parents. <\/p><div><\/div><p>The layout will be different from the old playground: All play areas will be visible to teachers calling children back from recess, Hudson said, and the equipment will be situated so that kids can play without distracting students inside during school hours.<\/p><div><\/div><p>\u201cMost screaming will move to the new location,\u201d Russakoff said.<\/p><div><\/div><p>Residents wanted to ensure the new play equipment is both accessible and durable, Hudson said: \u201cEverything the kids touch in Jenkintown is 10 times over because it\u2019s the only playground. It gets used heavily.\u201d<\/p><div><\/div><p>Slides, swings, mountaineering ropes, and a toddler area are set to be finished around the start of school, Lean said. The theater area will open later this fall.<\/p><div><\/div><p>Legacy Park will be open to the public outside school hours, and the toddler area will stay open during school when students aren\u2019t at recess.<\/p><div><\/div><p>Jenkintown School District \u201chas an outsized impact on the community around it,\u201d the borough\u2019s state representative, Napoleon Nelson, said in a statement on the project. \u201cIts grounds are open to all, Jenkintown residents and non-residents alike.\u201d<\/p><div><\/div><p>Hudson said Jenkintonians want the playground \u201cto be a community project that benefits the most people.\u201d<\/p><div><\/div><p>\u201cWe\u2019re very prideful about our small little town.\u201d <\/p><div><\/div><div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Inquirer logo\" class=\"wp-image-2535\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/34aa1b671e3a4d4d70cccbd87267ac81.png\" width=\"162\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Inquirer Greater Abington<\/p><\/div><div><p>A Weekly Newsletter<\/p><p>Want to get Inquirer Greater Abington straight to your inbox every week? 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