Newly Rebuilt Ascend Community Park To Reopen Next Week

January 13, 2023

Ascend Community Park is set to reopen with a ribbon cutting next week.

The park has been closed since it was damaged by Hurricane Sally in 2020.

It has now been renovated and equipped with a new playground.

The playground equipment was purchased and professionally installed with funds from the Ascend Cares Foundation and the Ascend Pensacola site. Ascend work teams and Ascend Cares volunteers also helped with cleaning, painting and repairs to the pavilion and restroom facilities at the park in recent months.

“This project has been a true team effort by Ascend employees, Ascend Cares volunteers, and our partners from Turner Industries,” said Asa Cuellar, a senior  production manager at Ascend who managed the park renovation project. “The park has been in our community since 2000 and we are all thrilled to see it reopen so children and families can enjoy visiting again.”

The public is invited to attend the ribbon cutting at 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday, January 18 at 3098 Old Chemstrand Road. Following the ceremony, the park will be open to the public daily from dawn to dusk.

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Comments

12 Responses to “Newly Rebuilt Ascend Community Park To Reopen Next Week”

  1. Debbie on January 14th, 2023 10:13 am

    Thank you Ascend for the fresh and new area for our kids and grandkids to play on . The memories live on…. I’m 66 and have memories from when I was a kid and coming to this park way back. Now my great grandkids are enjoying it so like I said the memories live on…….

  2. shanna carnley on January 14th, 2023 8:37 am

    I am absolutely thrilled to see this being reopened. Thank you so much to Ascend for providing a safe beautiful place to play with my grandchildren!

  3. Sad on January 14th, 2023 6:56 am

    Sad to see the old wooden playground go; it was a special place for me as a child, and I hold lots of memories there. However, it is nice to see that they kept a playground there.

  4. Mike McCormack on January 13th, 2023 11:49 pm

    I am happy to see this news. Thank you Ascend foundation and employees for donating your time and money back into the community. I plan on taking my youngest granddaughter there in the future. I’m positive that we will enjoy it immensely. Thanks again.

  5. Playtime on January 13th, 2023 11:37 pm

    The “old” park was badly damaged by Hurricane Sally, and the wooden structure required a LOT of maintenance to keep it safe for the kids.

    The old park was really something special, I have to admit. The structure was a community build park, with many many volunteers doing the construction, including about one hundred young Marines from NAS.

    Hurricane Ivan wiped out the old Monsanto Park. It had the most amazing sliding board.

  6. Courtney on January 13th, 2023 5:47 pm

    I am very sorry the other one is gone. My kids loved that park and so did I. Now it looks like another park it not special anymore. That wood playset was amazing it would intertane kids for hr just chasing each other on the wood one

  7. Kim L on January 13th, 2023 5:43 pm

    On a POSITIVE note, a huge THANK YOU to Ascend for providing children a safe, updated, beautiful playground to attend that costs absolutely nothing. Thank you for caring about your community!!! I am sure it will be loved by many, many, children and their parents!!!

  8. Jlb on January 13th, 2023 4:13 pm

    Glad to see it back open

  9. Ol' Skinny on January 13th, 2023 2:45 pm

    Blatherskite/SMH … I guess they should have consulted with you before spending their money on something for your children to play on.

  10. blatherskite on January 13th, 2023 1:15 pm

    It’s nice, but not near as nice as the wooden one that was there. My kids LOVED the old one. Sorry to see it go.

  11. SMH on January 13th, 2023 1:06 pm

    Very nice for them to do this but very sad compared to what was removed.

  12. Tt on January 13th, 2023 7:41 am

    Our community is so thankful for ascend and there work.

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