By Ken Storey
Shady Park sits just to the east of the Winter Park Community Center that reopened late last year. The park gained a new outdoor stage and restrooms when the community center reopened but was mostly unchanged even while the community center next to it was completely rebuilt. Shady Park will now be getting its own update though. Two major additions will help park visitors enjoy the small park.
Shady Park sits just to the east of the Winter Park Community Center that reopened late last year. The park gained a new outdoor stage and restrooms when the community center reopened but was mostly unchanged even while the community center next to it was completely rebuilt. Shady Park will now be getting its own update though. Two major additions will help park visitors enjoy the small park.
A new Neos interactive wall is currently being installed in the park. The interactive wall features four interconnected
towers on which buttons are located.
Participants can select one of nine games, each with three different
skill levels. Each game allows for one
or two players. The games simulate
aerobic activity with video game style interactions.
The new one located within Shady Park is near the splash pad
area, this should cut down on noise in other parts of the park.
Also coming to the park is a new gazebo. The gazebo will be located in the exact
center of the park where a brick flower bed is currently. The flower bed featured a large tree in
its center but that tree was removed after it died late last year. The bed has since sat empty, it will remain when the new circular gazebo is built but will instead transition into a seating pad.
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| Future sight of gazebo |
Here are some more photos of the new Neos interactive Wall unit that is currently being installed in Shady Park;
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| This sign explains each game in detail. |
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| The concrete pad should feature a slip free flooring installed. |
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| The interactive wall makes a major impact in the small park, it's easily the largest structure in the park. |
