Albemarle installs new playground equipment at Chuck Morehead Park
Published 2:32 pm Friday, April 16, 2021
- Elena Lor, 3, enjoys a new slide at Chuck Morehead Park. (Photo by Charles Curcio/staff)
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With the school year winding down, many kids will look for places to play.
Fortunately for them, Albemarle Parks and Recreation is way ahead of them.
AP&R recently installed new playground equipment at Chuck Morehead Park.
According to AP&R Director Lisa Kiser, the department received a $25,000 grant for the equipment and used $50,000 of its own funds for the new gear.
Park staff set up the equipment, Kiser said, in three days with a contracted playground installer. The area was prepared about one week before the equipment arrived.
“Playgrounds are the foundation of parks and recreation. Children learn many life skills through play, as well as development of their gross and fine motor skills, imagination, problem solving, human connections, communication and much more,” Kiser said.
The park is open from 6 a.m. to midnight.
About Charles Curcio
Charles Curcio has served as the sports editor of the Stanly News & Press for more than 16 years and has written numerous news and feature storeis as well. He was awarded the NCHSAA Tim Stevens Media Representative of the Year and named CNHI Sports Editor of the Year in 2014. He has also won an award from Boone Newspapers, and has won four North Carolina Press Association awards.
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