NEW & NOTEWORTHY PLAYSCAPES & PARKS
BRENTWOOD PARK
To kids, the world is a playground, and in Brentwood, that playground just got an upgrade.
It's not often that a community is given the opportunity to dream up new ideas and see them become reality, but that's exactly what happened with Brentwood's newest destination. Brentwood Park playground is an accessible, over-the-top playscape that incorporated specific community requests, such as a zip line, waterfall, climbing wall, net climber, splash pad, and more.
“I hope the takeaway from this is what municipalities can do when they really go for it,” says Brentwood mayor David Dimmitt.
The project was born out of Brentwood Bound, a $79.6 million flood mitigation project aimed at reclaiming the floodplain between Brentwood Boulevard and Hanley Road. A major part of Brentwood Bound involves adding 32 acres of park space. When the city surveyed residents about their top requests for the non-flood-zone region of that space, their No. 1 suggestion was a destination playground. The 3-acre, $7 million playground broke ground in December 2022.
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The playground links up with the Great Rivers Greenway trail system. “We really wanted to focus on it being a unique place that you haven't
