Colby Avenue playground renovation can proceed with state grant in Takoma Park

Takoma Park can now proceed with renovating the Colby Avenue playground, after receiving approval for a grant from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources' Legacy Open Space program. The announcement was made by Mayor Bruce Williams at last night's City Council meeting.

Those renovations would include an upgrade of the tot lot, and accessibility improvements, according to the city's application it submitted to the DNR in 2014. $178,000 in Montgomery County funds are earmarked for the Colby park project in the county's FY-2016 capital budget.