Photos From Grand Opening Of New Cypress Park Rec Complex

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — On Thursday, Woodbridge officially opened the all-new Cypress Park Recreation Complex, located at the Cypress Center in Port Reading.

The Cypress Park rec complex includes a state-of-the-art level playing field and fully-accessible sport and playground facilities, specially designed for challenged and handicapped children.

The playing field will be used for youth-sized baseball, softball and soccer. There is also a walking/running track around the entire complex.

There are also volleyball and pickleball courts with LED field lighting for nighttime play.

The rec complex was funded through a $1.5 million recreational facilities special-needs improvement grant from the state of New Jersey.

“The state grants-in-aid program provides funding for projects that have wide-ranging benefits to the community. In this case, the $1.5 million dollars in state aid allowed Woodbridge Township to move forward with construction of special-needs facilities that will benefit not only Woodbridge residents, but everyone visiting the Our House and R.I.S.E. programs housed at the Cypress Center,” said Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin.

Our House, Inc., a private non-profit for adults with developmental disabilities, opened their Day Program & Training Facility at the newly remodeled Cypress Center in January 2018. Not only do the R.I.S.E. students and young adults staff the Mayor Mac Café’, there will now be a fully-outfitted, ADA-accessible temperature regulated greenhouse on site at Cypress Park.

The R.I.S.E students who get to work in the greenhouse will learn about the life cycles of plants and learn how to grow healthy vegetables from seed-to-harvest. The fresh vegetables, fruits and herbs organically grown in the greenhouse will be menu items at Mayor Mac Café and donated to the We Feed Woodbridge food bank initiative.

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