Union looks to get new playground for center

By Staff
Melissa Cason
UNION – Residents in the Union community are in the planning stages of upgrading the community center's playground.
Committee member Kathy Snyder said the current playground equipment dates back to when a school was located on the property.
"The slide and the swings were here when this was a school," Snyder said.
Snyder said the slide is too tall and the swings need to be upgraded. The seesaw does not have any planks for the children to sit on in order to play.
"We had a girl fall off the slide a few weeks ago and got a concussion," committee member Barbara Bishop said. "We need to bring the slide closer to the ground."
Bishop and Snyder are just two Union residents working on this project.
"We just started and are really in the planning stages right now," Snyder said. "We have contacted all our representatives including Congressman Robert Aderholt. Everyone pledged their support to our project except Congressman Aderholt, who said there was nothing he could really do."
Over the years, the community center has been upgraded with a new roof, the addition of a basketball court and baseball field, a covered picnic area and a walking trail.
"The walking trail is one-third of a mile," Bishop said. "Everyone enjoys it. We have a lot of people come over here and walk."
The committee said it would take approximately $4,000 to bring in new equipment.
"Once we decide how much we need, we'll begin fundraising for the new equipment," Snyder said.