New Hingham Community Playground now open: Be a part of within the enjoyable!

July 24, 2025 By Carol Britton Meyer

While the grand opening for the brand new Hingham Community Playground close to Cronin Field will happen this fall, households have already been having fun with all that it has to supply because it opened on July 3.

“We’ve been working on this project for a long time and opening it to the public is a great joy,” Recreation Commission Chair Vicki Donlan informed the Hingham Anchor. “The community has been very generous with its donations.”

The new playground options a wide range of climbing constructions for various ages, musical devices, a child-size college home, grocery retailer, lemonade stand, barn, a zipper line, swings, somewhat youngsters’ play space with a cover, newly planted mature bushes, a picnic space, and plenty of benches.

The $1.4 million playground was made potential by a grant from the Hingham Community Preservation fund within the quantity of $1,055,228, and donations by Best Chevrolet, “patrons” Rita and Kevin Gill, and “friends” Kathi and Bryce Blair, in addition to different beneficiant donations by the neighborhood helped the Recreation Commission fund the stability.

An indication thanking main contributors greets guests as they enter the playground. As a tribute to the previous, a rock with the plaque naming the unique benefactors, patrons, and playground committee, Hingham, Rotary Club, Selectmen, and Parks and Recreation Department for his or her efforts to convey the 1999 playground ahead is prominently located on the entrance of the playground.

The icing on the cake is that due to a $250,000 state grant, there’s an accessible pathway across the playground that gives accessible entry from all parking tons to all leisure services across the web site.

“The Hingham Recreation Commission is proud to show off the new playground, in-line hockey court, basketball court, baseball field, and accessible walkways, “ Donlan said. “Come and see for yourself!”