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Major Makeover Planned for  Grovemont Park Playground

The playground at Grovemont Park, adjacent to the Swannanoa Library, was constructed in 1999-2000 through a major fundraising and volunteer labor effort involving scores of Swannanoa residents. The project was coordinated by two local non-profits, the Friends of the Swannanoa Library, and the Swannanoa Community Council.

The playground and surrounding park have been enjoyed by literally thousands of families in the community for the past 16+
years. But after all those years of service, the playground is showing its age and is in need of an overhaul. An effort to completely replace the protective mulch and make other
repairs and improvements is in the planning stages. A generous grant from Buncombe County Parks & Recreation will help with some of the expenses, but more funding, materials,
planning, and labor are needed. 

The bulk of the community workdays will occur in early
March (stay tuned for updates as dates and details are finalized), and will require lots of volunteer labor for removing and spreading mulch, construction of timber planting beds, building and restoring walking paths, graffiti removal, and much more. Additional funding
and in-kind donations are also needed, along with ready-to-eat food for hungry volunteers.

If you're interested in volunteering time, or making an in-kind contribution of materials, food, etc., please contact George Scott at 828-779-7455 or sgss108@gmail.com. 

If you're interested in making a financial contribution, please send a check to Swannanoa Community Council, PO Box 1008, Swannanoa, NC, and write "Playground Project" in the memo line.

Thank you for your support in restoring this community gem!

The Community Works When We Work Together

Next Work/Fun Day - Saturday, 3/25 9:30-3:00, 2017

We are excited to report that the hard work over the past month has started to pay off, and the Grovemont Park Playground is now re-opened!  

Thanks to all of you who came out and labored together, and enjoyed food from so many of our community food sponsors (Social Pizzeria, La Bamba, Oki Dokie's, Mellow Mushroom, Ingles, and more..full list coming soon!)

That said, the work isn't quite complete.  Several more work sessions are needed to completely re-mulch the playground (another truck-load of mulch will be delivered on 3/27), and additional work is needed with timbers and path making/maintaining.

The next workday is scheduled for Saturday, 3/25.  

More work days will be happening the week of 3/27 too!