New Cook Park Playground Has Opened

LIBERTYVILLE, IL — Village officials announced this past week that the new playground at Cook Park has opened. Village officials selected a playground design to replace the existing playground equipment within the popular park in Libertyville earlier this year. The design included pour-in-play rubber surface for ADA accessibility, two slides, two expression swings which allow an adult and child to swing together, several climbing features and ground level music play options, according to a news release from the village.

The village received a grant to help fund the project through the Illinois Parks and Recreation Association’s Promote Play and Recreation grant,which covered 50 percent of the cost of the main playground structure.

The old playground equipment will be donated to Kids Around the World a nonprofit organization that repurposes used playground equipment in other countries, village officials said in March.