A new child-designed playground has landed in Knoxville’s Montgomery Village after neighbors, city and county partners, KCDC and KaBOOM! turned three hot, sweaty days of construction into a finished playspace. The project pairs slides and places to sit with an adult workout station, giving a South Knoxville housing community a new place for kids—and grown-ups—to burn off energy.
The City of Knoxville said in a Friday post that the playspace was designed around ideas gathered from neighborhood children and families, then built by the community in July. The update described the project as a source of community pride and highlighted features including a slide, seating and a workout station, as shown in the city’s photo update.
Designed By Montgomery Village Kids, Built By Neighbors
The playground was built Wednesday at Community Unity Park after two days of site preparation, according to Knox TN Today. Children and adults from the neighborhood helped shape the design during community sessions in June…