New Adaptive-Use Playground Opens In Mount Kisco

MOUNT KISCO, NY — A new adaptive-use playground at Leonard Park in Mount Kisco was “opened for business” at a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony.

State Senator Pete Harckham, D-40th Senate District, secured a $100,000 state grant for the coterminous village and town of Mount Kisco in 2020 to build the playground.

The facility was designed to have a focus on children using a wheelchair, be ADA accessible and multisensory, universally designed and with developmentally inclusive equipment, so children of all abilities can play together.

At the ribbon cutting, Harckham said that he believes, as do the Mount Kisco Recreation Commission and its Recreation Department, that the communities are stronger when everyone has an equal opportunity to participate.

“With this project now completed, all children in Mount Kisco will finally have a playground they can call home, where they can create memories to last a lifetime,” he said.

Mount Kisco officials approached Harckham about grant funding when they decided to replace the antiquated and non-ADA compliant playground equipment in the village’s only municipal park that offers playground recreation as such.

The entire projected cost of the Leonard Park playground is $300,000 and includes a new safety surface.

Also attending the ribbon cutting were Mount Kisco Mayor Gina Picinich, Deputy Mayor Lisa Abzun, Trustee Karine Patino, Recreation Commission Chairwoman Christine Dennet and Leonard Park Chairwoman Erin Heaton.