The SAA is located in the heart of Enos Park, a neighborhood just immediately north of downtown Springfield. Enos Park was once known as the "Jewel of Springfield," and is made up of residents, and local businesses within the border of 3rd & 9th Streets and Carpenter & North Grand.
Recently, the Springfield Parks & Recreation Department informed the SAA of a very special donation to Enos Park. KaBOOM! Playground, and another corporate sponsor, awarded the neighborhood a brand new playground for its Gehrmann Park, located along the 3rd Street corridor. What's more is, the Art Association and its incredible Summer Art Campers were invited by both the SPRD and KaBOOM! to participate in its Design Day. The representatives from both organizations wanted input from their most celebrated constituents--the kids! Today, the Van Gogh-Gos camp visited Gehrmann Park with the representatives from each organization, along with the SAA Executive Director Betsy Dollar and the Steve Combs, the President of the Enos Park Neighborhood Association. Together, they all discussed the potential blueprint of the playground, and what equipment campers and kids throughout the neighborhood would most enjoy using to make it a well-visited space.
For more information on the playground itself, please visit KaBOOM!'s website here, or learn more about the Enos Park Neighborhood, past and present, here.
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