Park and Playground

The Planning Commission will take some time to review the information on Highland City park recommendations. There are pros and cons of developing Chamberry Park into a neighborhood park. After the Planning Commission makes its recommendations on land acquisition and park completion to the City Council, the City Council may or may not approve. Because of the current economic state, this could be a long process. While this process may be long, and we may or may not get an official park, we have been promised a playground. This is a decent sized playground and there are a few recommendations that the city suggested for placement. While Chamberry Park was originally designed to have a "tot lot" in the north-east corner, this has been discouraged by the city engineer. The chronic flooding in the detention area (Chamberry Park) would be difficult to work around when placing a playground. The two suggestions for placement were the Ithica Open Space or Argo Circle Park. Replacing Argo Circle Park's playground does not mean that we would be able to keep the small playground that is currently there. It would also be costly to remove this and add the new larger one. Because we do not want to lose the smaller tot playground, and for cost effectiveness, Ithica Open Space made the most sense. In the hope that a park can be completed some day, the most ideal location for the playground placement is in the center. This would allow for the playground to be central to possible future park amenities. The city is currently analyzing this location and it is anticipated that it will be in place by spring. This was unexpected and exciting news! Please make sure to send your thanks to Highland City for their gracious offer of this playground. Any thank you's can be sent to Jody@HighlandCity.org . She can then send them on to the appropriate people.