Joey--
I know you that you know this, I work at the redbank after school program. There is no longer a playground, and by talking to some of the city employee's, there most likely will not be one again. But as for the kids, they are great. All the kids that attend are wonderful kids. There have been recent attemted break ins at the school, and vandalism.

Just thought i'd comment.

Joey-- I know you that you know this, I work at the redbank after school program. There is no longer a playground, and by talking to some of the city employee's, there most likely will not be one again. But as for the kids, they are great. All the kids that attend are wonderful kids. There have been recent attemted break ins at the school, and vandalism. Just thought i'd comment.

Thanks Ben!

For those who don't know, Ben is a fine young South Portland High School student that I met not long ago. It's certainly nice to see that High School students care about the younger kids and our community.

Is there anyone in the Red Bank area that has an opinion on the value of this gym and playground area?

Thanks Ben! For those who don't know, Ben is a fine young South Portland High School student that I met not long ago. It's certainly nice to see that High School students care about the younger kids and our community. Is there anyone in the Red Bank area that has an opinion on the value of this gym and playground area?

This is the response from the city manager Jim Gailey in response to Councilor Jim Hughes regarding the playground:

We needed to remove the playground because of safety reasons. The playground was in tough shape and the teenagers hanging out on it day after day weren't helping it any.

We had numerous complaints about the structure.

The playground was on Home Properties land. Back 10-years ago, the School Department received verbal permission from Home Properties to install the playscape. The Mary Marsh School historically used a large portion of Home Properties land for their playground. It was mentioned to me from the previous Housing Manager over there that we probably wouldn't be able to put another structure in over there due to Home Properties wants the flexibility to build on the site.

So now we need a site for a playground (in a neighborhood that we don't own to much) and we need funding to buy a new playground. The funding can come from CDBG, but the location will be the tough part. I don't want to plop it down where the old school use to be because of resale issues.

We'll have to look at this.


Jim

This is the response from the city manager Jim Gailey in response to Councilor Jim Hughes regarding the playground: We needed to remove the playground because of safety reasons. The playground was in tough shape and the teenagers hanging out on it day after day weren't helping it any. We had numerous complaints about the structure. The playground was on Home Properties land. Back 10-years ago, the School Department received verbal permission from Home Properties to install the playscape. The Mary Marsh School historically used a large portion of Home Properties land for their playground. It was mentioned to me from the previous Housing Manager over there that we probably wouldn't be able to put another structure in over there due to Home Properties wants the flexibility to build on the site. So now we need a site for a playground (in a neighborhood that we don't own to much) and we need funding to buy a new playground. The funding can come from CDBG, but the location will be the tough part. I don't want to plop it down where the old school use to be because of resale issues. We'll have to look at this. Jim