Community members and Edgmont Township Officials gathered on August 13th for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of the newly improved Edgmont Community Park.
Edgmont Township Community Park opened in 2017 and has since become a treasured piece of open space for children, families, groups and senior citizens to gather. The township’s first and only municipally-owned recreational property, Edgmont Community Park consists of nearly three acres of land with a walking trail, swings, a children’s play area, picnic tables and a multi-purpose field.
The park hosts many of our special community events, such as the Easter Egg Hunt and the annual Holiday Tree Lighting and Food Drive. It is also home to many bluebirds, thanks to the work of staff member Anne Rapposelli and our neighbors at White Horse Village, who installed and maintain bluebird houses along the walking trail.
However, this was only possible through generous grants and donations to cover the initial construction costs and ongoing improvement plans. Edgmont Township announced that in 2023, they were awarded over $98,000 in grant funding to make improvements so the park would be more accessible and safer for everyone. “We received $33,667 from the Delaware County Greenway Grant program and $65,000 from the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ (DCNR) Small Community Grant 
Program,” explained Assistant to the Township Manager Jessica Redding.
Jessica said this funding allowed the township to extend ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) access to the swings and multi-purpose field. “We also upgraded to ADA-approved playground mulch and installed a swing shade canopy,” she added. Other plans included the placement of additional ADA-accessible park benches and picnic tables and utilizing native landscaping to create a natural buffer between the multi-purpose field and swing area, which is next to the bioretention basin and rain garden. “The upgrades and improvements that we have made are a result of suggestions from our residents.”
These grants, along with volunteer commitments from community partners, fully funded this project. “We are proud to have such a solid base of volunteers that worked together to make this all happen,” Jessica said. “We had commitments from local residents as well as the folks from Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Association (CRC).”
Residents are encouraged to visit and enjoy the park this fall season. The park is located at 800 Gradyville Rd, Newtown Square and is open every day from dawn to dusk. For more information about upcoming events and volunteer opportunities, visit www.Edgmont.org or call 610-459-1662.