Town Removes Entrance to Cape Kids Playground
Cape Kids entrance to Central Park playground was removed Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. by Town workers. According to the contract signed by the Town with a developer, the main entrance is be moved to the other side of the playground after the old school property is sold, and the parking lot will be closed. The property has not yet been sold, and a court injunction has been requested by a local group, Old School Cape Charles LLC, wishing to use the school as a community center rather than for an apartment house. (Continued below)
(Continued from above) Playground site following removal of Cape Kids entranceway. Town Manager Heather Arcos told the Wave that the archway was removed in order to paint it and to allow equipment access into the playground. (Wave photos)
The caption states that the building sale is not yet complete, yet here they are jumping the gun like it’s a done deal. How do they know that a court won’t side with Old School Cape Charles? Who pays to put everything back together? This whole deal with Echelon was done underhandedly and illegally, therefore, no one should be changing anything. How can these people sleep at night knowing that they are not looking out for the citizens and are only trying to line their own pockets? And when I say citizens, I mean the littlest ones included. What use do low and mid-income families have for high end apartments? Many fishy things going on here. And it sure stinks!
Great memories! That entranceway was built by master carpenter Greg Lohse, with helpers Steve Hairfield and yours truly. We had to use the Pythagorean Theorem! Lisa Lewis rode herd on hundreds of volunteers and did a fantastic job. Hard to believe that was more than a decade ago. Glad to see the photo wasn’t of the playground being demolished.