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Needham parks leaders prioritize playground, skatepark and field studies amid tight timelines
Summary
Commissioners discussed capital requests including a planned Elliot School playground (rough budget shown), a skatepark and disc-golf feasibility, bleacher/ADA work and a $50,000 state earmark for a Rosemary pool shade structure. Staff warned some items will be delayed or placed on hold depending on the school project timeline.
Park and Recreation Commission members spent the bulk of their Sept. 29 meeting reviewing capital projects and setting priorities for the department’s upcoming capital-submission deadlines.
Department staff presented a multi-year list that includes a major renovation at Elliot School, renovations at Claxton Field, a skatepark, pickleball courts, a disc-golf feasibility study, an athletic-fields master plan, Carlton Pavilion removal and redesign, and a permanent shade structure at Rosemary Pool for which a state representative earmark of $50,000 was reported.
Director Stacy (Park and Recreation) summarized early cost estimates and schedule planning. She said the Elliot play-area work “feels gonna be a million and a half ish” for the playground component and that the broader project could reach “3,000,000, if not over,” while stressing those…
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