Aug 10, 2026 | 12:00 pm
A new playscape at East Communities YMCA (5315 Ed Bluestein Blvd.) is welcoming members of the entire surrounding community — whether they’re members at the Y or not — to play as of August 10. A press release emphasizes that the playground was designed by kids.
The playscape was built through a partnership between the Greater Austin YMCA, equitable playspace nonprofit Kaboom!, and Delta Air Lines, which provided nearly 100 volunteers for setup, the release says. Kaboom! helps communities design and fund spaces for all kids, especially when addressing existing inequity for communities of color. The organization has been active since 1996 and has worked on more than 17,000 playspaces.
To find out what kids wanted from their playspace, the YMCA asked kids at the East Communities location and in Greater Austin YMCA’s Austin Achieve afterschool program to draw their ideas, which it then incorporated into the final design…