NEWS: Funding for Proposed Downtown Children’s Park Still in Flux

City says grants and donations yet to be ‘secured’, considers borrowing $6.5M for park construction

Signs at a recent protest against Williamsburg’s proposed downtown children’s park. (Image Courtesy Digby Solomon, Williamsburg Watch)

As the City of Williamsburg mulls over its proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget, the concept and funding for a downtown children’s park remains in a state of flux. While the idea has been discussed in generalities for several years, the City recently released more details about what it calls “a playground with a water feature,” that could also include other equipment like climbing centers and a carousel shaped like the Powder Magazine in Colonial Williamsburg. Other information presented about the children’s park earlier this year indicates that the City will solicit grants and donations to help fund construction. But the City’s Communication Director, Nicole Trifone, recently responded to an email inquiry by the Williamsburg Independent concerning the progress of securing these outside funds. “The City has not yet secured alternative funding for a downtown…