east park | Riverdale Cody

I think there are a good number of residents who aren’t familiar with Riverdale’s eastern boundary, or how many homes and citizens we have up on the east bench bordering Washington Terrace. Even less known, I am guessing, is the fact that Riverdale has a city park up there, East Park.

Riverdale’s East Park, 4850 South 600 West

I was also unfamiliar with it until I did some recent campaigning in the area, walking all of our streets up there. One nice lady stopped me and told me they could use some better playground equipment at their park, motioning toward the nondescript walkway that serves as the entrance to the park. After checking it out for myself, I was in complete agreement.

Not only is the playground equipment very small and old, it probably deserves a nice bench or two and maybe even another small pad with a picnic table and BBQ. I don’t think it would take a lot of money or effort to update and modernize the amenities there and could be done nicely while keeping it small and neighbor friendly.

The residents on the east bench deserve something nearby that is on par, albeit to scale, with what the residents near Golden Spike and Riverdale Park enjoy. And this would be a good way to show that they are valued and not forgotten.

This is something that I will be looking into promoting for inclusion on the next budget.