Somerville To Unveil Renovated Central Hill Playground

SOMERVILLE, MA — The city will unveil improvements to the Central Hill Playground on Tuesday, March 15 at 9 a.m.

Now in front of the library at 79 Highland Avenue, the playground features nature-inspired play structures for toddlers and kids ages 2 through 12, swings, slides, misting poles, a story walk and seating areas.

Renovation were made possible through funding from the Community Preservation Act and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts PARC Grant Program.

The new park is a larger, relocated version of the old playground, which was decommissioned during construction of the new Somerville High School. Its relocation is one part of the Central Hill Master Plan, which both restores and reimagines Central Hill Park, Somerville's first and oldest public park, as a 21st-century civic and community campus.

The playground will open for use in the coming weeks. For more information about this project, visit somervillema.gov/centralhillplan.