East Providence Officially Opens Splash Pad Park

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI — Friday was a scorcher, the perfect kind of day to spend playing in the water. The hot weather was perfecting for officially opening East Providence's new splash pad park at Onna Moniz-John Park.

City officials gathered at the park, located between Central Avenue and McCausland Avenue, on Friday morning.

"We all know what this park means to everyone in the community," said Mayor Bob DaSilva, praising the work of Onna Moniz-John, for whom the park is named, for her continued commitment to the community. "It wouldn't have been possible without her stewardship and her championing the park."

Moniz-John, for her part, thanked the community for coming together to build the splash pad park.

"None of this is done by one person," she said, thanking all of the individual people and government agencies who came together to make the park possible.

Bathing suit-clad children crowded the pad during the speeches, waiting for the water to be turned on.

The splash pad park will be open during regular park hours.