Village of Mamaroneck Announces Two New Swing Sets (And More!) for Columbus Park
“All I want are swings in my park for my son,” said community leader Pereese Jackson, a comment that sparked collective action to work on and further beautify local park.
The Village of Mamaroneck is pleased to announce the completion of two new swing sets at Columbus Park. The new swing sets will be officially opened to the community at a special Beautification Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Saturday, November 7th at 10:00am in Columbus Park. Residents are invited to attend the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and are reminded to wear face masks and maintain social distancing (6 feet) protocols. Masks and hand sanitizer will also be distributed.
“We are thrilled to be cutting the ribbon on these two new swing sets,” said Village of Mamaroneck Mayor Tom Murphy. “This new playground equipment is a welcome addition by the families and residents who use Columbus Park. What child doesn’t enjoy a swing? I want to thank Pereese Jackson for his comment that inspired our Village and a collection of partner organizations to beautify and enhance this local park!”
The first swing set (located adjacent to the Columbus Park Basketball Court) is an Expression Swing, which is designed to promote intergenerational play as adults and children swing together. The face-to-face design features a bucket seat for children under five and a comfortable adult swing seat that allows a parent and child (or grandparent and grandchild) to interact with each other and experience one another's facial expressions while at play. The second swing set located closer to Mamaroneck Avenue is a Two-Bay Traditional Swing Set with a Shade Frame. The fabric shade is designed to block up to 97% of harmful UV rays. Both swing sets are manufactured by GameTime, an industry leader in creating meaningful play experiences with innovative products. Two outdoor hand sanitizing stations – one at each playground – were also installed.
(Click here or the image above to see Construction Photos. Photos courtesy of Jason Pinto.)
Both swing sets were funded through the Village’s Recreation Trust Fund account which is used exclusively for parks, playgrounds or other recreational purposes.
The ribbon cutting ceremony for the new swing sets mark the culmination of some recent park beautification projects that were led by the Village’s partners-in-the-community:
- On Saturday, October 24th, a group of dedicated volunteers from the Larchmont Mamaroneck Lions Club, the Girl Scouts of Larchmont – Mamaroneck (and one Boy Scout from Troop 2 of Mamaroneck), the Community Resource Center, and the Mamaroneck Chamber of Commerce partnered with the Village’s Parks & Recreation Department to clean up the park and banks of the Mamaroneck River and Sheldrake River.
(Click here or the photo above to see photos from the Clean Up project. Photos courtesy of Jason Pinto.)
- Also on Saturday, October 24th, through the leadership efforts of Mamaroneck resident Jarrett Winchester, a beautiful Black Lives Matter Mural was painted along the northern border of Columbus Park on Van Ranst Place.
(Video courtesy of LMC Media.)
- The Community Resource Center worked together with a group of students from Iona College to put together a Columbus Park Beautification Survey in English and Spanish to study additional uses for Columbus Park.
Located north of the Mamaroneck MetroNorth Train Station, Columbus Park is centrally located in the Village of Mamaroneck and serves families and residents of Mamaroneck’s Washingtonville and Rye Neck neighborhoods. It is one of the Village’s 14 parks and is maintained by a dedicated staff from the Village’s Parks & Recreation Department.
Stay tuned as we look forward to announcing exciting events and future enhancements to Columbus Park!
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About:
The Village of Mamaroneck was incorporated on November 16, 1895 (exactly 125 years this year). Residents on either side of the Mamaroneck River realized that the growing community needed services to develop from a rural farming community to a healthy commercial village. Mamaroneck, with its population of people from all over the world, is known as “The Friendly Village” - A place for all to enjoy living in a community that welcomes different cultures and appreciates their differences. For more information, please visit www.village.mamaroneck.ny.us.
The Community Resource Center (CRC) (formerly Hispanic Resource Center) is a 501 (c)(3) community-based organization founded in 1998 to promote the cultural, economic, educational and professional integration of immigrants to the already established larger community and to advocate for those in need. The CRC aims to provide the tools to prepare new immigrant families to become self-sufficient and active members of the community. For more information, please visit www.crcny.org.
Chartered separately in the 1920s as chapters of Lions Club International, the largest service organization in the world, the two Lions clubs merged in 2017. Today the Larchmont Mamaroneck Lions Club is one of 47,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographic areas. Now 1.4 million members participate in a multitude of projects to make their home communities and the wider world a healthier, safer and friendlier place to live. For more information, please visit www.larchmontmamaronecklionsclub.org.
The Mamaroneck Chamber of Commerce, established in 1917 is a thriving group of merchants, restaurateurs and professionals. The executive officers and board members, made up of volunteers, work diligently at making the chamber an organization which promotes and supports all businesses in the Village of Mamaroneck. For more information, please visit www.mamaroneckchamberofcommerce.org.
The Girls Scouts of Larchmont/Mamaroneck is the local chapter of the larger Girls Scouts of the United States of America, an organization of 2.5 million strong—more than 1.7 million girls and 750,000 adults — who believe in the power of every G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader) to change the world. For more information, please visit www.girlscoutslm.org.
Special thanks to Village of Mamaroneck resident Brittany Ross for her design of the Columbus Park Beautification Ribbon Cutting flyer/invitation.