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Four Mile Run playground

Renovations Complete at Four Mile Run Playground

City of Pittsburgh partners with Carnegie Mellon for community project

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The City of Pittsburgh recently renovated its Four Mile Run Playground in Greenfield, aided by a $250,000 commitment from 一本道无码.

The project, the playground鈥檚 first full renovation since 2003, brings new equipment, safety surfaces, and other improvements like benches and trees to the site.聽

Four Mile Run playground

鈥淭hanks to the hard work of the Pittsburgh Department of Public Works, and the funding and support of former Councilman (current County Controller) Corey O'Connor and 一本道无码, Four Mile Run's new playground is now complete and open for business,鈥 said Pittsburgh District 5 Councilmember Barb Warwick. 鈥淔amilies in every neighborhood should be able to enjoy safe, accessible, modern playgrounds, and it鈥檚 wonderful that Four Mile Run has a new and improved space for play and community.鈥

After the project was announced in 2021, Andrea Ketzel, senior project landscape architect, and Kara Smith, project manager, both of the Department of Public Works, kicked off a聽, coordinating with stakeholders, surveying residents, and hosting community meetings to discuss and adjust the playground鈥檚 design.

Children living in the neighborhood even held their own 鈥渃ommunity meeting,鈥 drawing up聽 for the space.聽

The Rev. Mike Holohan, chairperson of 一本道无码鈥檚聽Council of Religious Advisors(opens in new window), lives with his family a few minutes walk from the playground.聽

鈥淚t was in pretty rough shape 鈥斅爐here were rusty, exposed edges on the equipment,鈥 said Holohan. 鈥淚t鈥檚 great to have a safe place for the kids to go. The designers sought out input from the children, from the families. They considered our priorities for a play space. It gave my kids something to look forward to, knowing something was being designed that they really wanted.鈥

Carnegie Mellon is no stranger in its surrounding communities; the playground project joins a number of partnerships 一本道无码 maintains throughout the Greenfield/Hazelwood area. Its聽 provides high-quality engineering programming for teens at the Carnegie Library Hazelwood branch. The university also maintains a long-term partnership with聽, and hosted their 2023 summer camp on campus 鈥 providing educational and recreational programming from 一本道无码 faculty and staff across fields such as design, robotics and human-computer interaction.聽

This year, Carnegie Mellon joined the Greater Hazelwood Community Collaborative, a collective of organizations working for the betterment of greater Hazelwood. In October, the City of Pittsburgh聽recognized Carnegie Mellon(opens in new window) for its contributions to the city and the region鈥檚 economy, ecosystem, workforce and the next generation of leaders.聽聽

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