Groundbreaking Set For New 17-Acre Park In Warrington

Lions Pride Park, a partnership between Warrington Township and the Warrington Lions Club, will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on March 29 at 2:00 p.m. at the park located on 3129 Bradley Road in Chalfont. All are welcome.

Lions Pride Park will be located at the former site of Twin Oaks Day Camp. The park will be a state of the art, 17-acre multi-generational family recreation and educational facility for visitors of all ages and all abilities and will be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Warrington Township Lions Club is working to raise $1.2 million for this project; to date, almost $900,000 has been raised for the park.

Lions Pride Park will feature a state-of-the-art play area known as Kids Mountainwhich will include swings, slides, climbing towers and rope bridges. Adjacent to Kids Mountainwill be The Grove, which will have picnic tables, shuffleboard and bocce courts. There will also be meadows and wetlands that provide habitat for birds, wildlife and bees; and trails that link to regional trail systems, such as the 202 Bicycle Path and trails along the Neshaminy Creek from Peace Valley Park out to the Delaware River.

One of the things that sets Lions Pride Park apart from other area parks is its Bluetooth enabled beacon app, which will serve as a park guidebook. Beacons will be located near informative signs and when a smartphone app detects a beacon, a description will be played through the smartphone’s speaker.The description could be as simple as “oak tree” or as detailed as a webpage. Lions Pride Park will be one of the first parks in the Philadelphia area to have this app. It will also include GPS navigation to help the visually impaired move about the park more easily.

“This new multigenerational, all-inclusive park/playground will bring people of all ages and abilities together in a modern, yet natural setting to enhance the quality of life and recreation in the community,” said Jim Furlong, campaign chairman. “Thanks to the beacon app, people can learn more about the park’s plants, trees and amenities. We want our park to be one that engages people with the outdoors and educates them about the environment around them.”

Local dignitaries expected to attend the groundbreaking include:

• Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R, 1stDistrict)
• State Senator Maria Collett (D, 12thDistrict)
• State Representative Todd Polinchock (R, 144thDistrict)
• Warrington Township Manager Barry Luber
• Warrington Township Supervisors:
  • Fred R. Gaines, Chair
  • Ruth Schemm, Vice Chair
  • Carol T. Baker, Member
  • Shirley Yannich, Member
  • Eileen Albillar, Member
• James Furlong of the Warrington Lions Club and campaign chairman
• Ed Tustin of the Lions of Pennsylvania Foundation
• Mimi Avellino of Andrew’s Friends Fund

To learn more about Lions Pride Park visit https://lionspridepark.org.

About the Warrington Lions Club
The Warrington Lions Club has been serving the community since 1941. As a chapter of Lions Clubs International (the world’s largest service organization), the Warrington Club was founded primarily to raise funds to help persons who are visually impaired. Over the years, this has evolved into giving to many local charitable organizations in Bucks County. To learn more about the Warrington Lions Club, visit https://warringtonlions.org.