Plans for Unity Park’s playground zone have been announced by the city. The playground features four distinct zones in the heart of the park.
The largest zone — the Synnex Playground — will cover 30,000 square feet.
What else is included?
- Slides
- Rope climbing apparatuses
- Balance logs
- Boulder scrambles
- Two lookout towers will be modeled after fire towers along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
A second playground the size of an Olympic swimming pool (about 13,200 square feet), is geared for toddlers.
What’s featured in the second playground?
- Swings
- Teeter-totters
- Auditory and sensory equipment
- Green salamander structure
The park will also feature the 9,400-square-foot Anne Watson Trotter Memorial Garden. The garden will have swings, several “natural” play structures, a climbing wall and a storytelling circle.
Finally, the Greenville Water Splash Pad will have about 40 spray jets and a toddler zone.
Unity Park is expected to be completed by summer 2022. The 60-acre, $60 million dollar park will also feature multiple bridges, event space and an extension of the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail.
