<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1053A1_0vkI7ra500" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1053A1_0vkI7ra500" width="900" height="600" ></figure>Last week the Waltham city council approved a mayoral request for $1.3 million to renovate two Waltham parks with dated play structures.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3HXGLr_0vkI7ra500" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3HXGLr_0vkI7ra500" width="900" height="600" ></figure>They are McKenna Playground off Elm Street in Ward 9 and Logan Park on Woerd Avenue on the Island in Ward 8. Both park projects were designed with community input, and existing trees will be preserved as much as possible.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0HBvwP_0vkI7ra500" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0HBvwP_0vkI7ra500" width="900" height="600" ></figure>Logan Park will have an entirely new playground installed as well as a new central path for wheelchairs, strollers, bikes and scooters. “We created play space for everyone and made the park more inclusive,” said Cathyann Harris, the Ward 8 city councilor. “There’s truly something here for every age.”<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=09FIia_0vkI7ra500" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=09FIia_0vkI7ra500" width="900" height="600" ></figure>McKenna Playground will also have new play structures installed as well as new basketball courts and other improvements. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2M4GQe_0vkI7ra500" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2M4GQe_0vkI7ra500" width="900" height="600" ></figure>“I’m very pleased that this was designed based on residents’ input, including a bicycle rack, and that all existing trees on the site will be saved,” said Ward 9 city councilor Robert Logan.Waltham’s Recreation Department Director Kim Hebert said construction on both will begin later this fall.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=01JRzh_0vkI7ra500" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=01JRzh_0vkI7ra500" width="729" height="540" ></figure>Logan and McKenna are the latest in a long list of public and school park improvement projects carried out under Waltham mayor Jeannette McCarthy. Nearly every park in the city has been redesigned and improved. </div></body>

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More Park Renovations Coming—and Trees Saved

Last week the Waltham city council approved a mayoral request for $1.3 million to renovate two Waltham parks with dated play structures. They are McKenna Playground off Elm Street in Ward 9 and Logan Park on Woerd Avenue on the Island in Ward 8. Both park projects were designed with...