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Twinsburg to install six-building Safety Town at Glen Meadow Park; dedication and free helmet giveaway set for July 1
Summary
Parks & Recreation director said Safety Town will be installed in two phases this spring, with a July 1 dedication and a helmet-fitting event by University Hospitals. The program will return in 2026 and the department outlined summer programming and the Rock the Park concert series.
Jen Bevinson, Twinsburg’s parks and recreation director, told council that the city will install a six-building Safety Town at Glen Meadow Park this spring and will dedicate the site on July 1.
Bevinson said Habitat for Humanity secured funding from Lowe’s and an architecture firm volunteered design services for the buildings. The first three structures are scheduled for installation on April 5 and the second three on May 3. The rotary will name the roundabout inside the site, and the city plans a University Hospitals helmet-fitting and distribution the night of the dedication; helmets will be given away to children who attend.
Bevinson said the Safety Town site was moved to Glen Meadow Park to make the space “an all-purpose park,” and that the Safety Town curriculum itself is a short component of the site’s use. With the new site complete, the department will resume its Safety Town program in summer 2026, with the police department’s community services unit and school resource officers running the sessions.
Bevinson also updated council on summer and spring programming: two added teen trips (for ages 13–15) to the Guardians game and Cedar Point, a spring-break “Lehi” camp and a Mad Science summer camp. The department is hiring a group activities coordinator to expand programming for all ages. The Rock the Park 2025 season will include five concert dates; one event on Aug. 16 will be “Rock the Park Gives Back,” a back-to-school block party with free admission (tickets required) and a school-supply depot.
Ending: Bevinson said scheduling around school calendars constrained concert dates; the department hopes to increase dates in future years but emphasized availability depends on coordinated school and community calendars.
