Savonburg Mayor Aaron Wilson watched children slide, swing and climb around the equipment at the city park’s new playground on Sunday. He smiled.
“That’s what it’s supposed to be. That’s the goal,” he said.
It’s taken years for the playground to take shape, but the equipment is now in place with a rubber-mulch base. Volunteer crews have marked the path of a new walking trail and are spreading crushed limestone along the quarter-mile path.
Still to come are benches and picnic tables.
Next month, the community will have a ribbon cutting along with a recycling event.
Everything at the park is recycled, reused, renewed and restored.
The refurbished playground equipment was bought from an elementary school years ago in the Kansas City area. Most of it has been sandblasted and repainted.