Highland Village’s community-designed and -built playground, which is located in Unity Park, was scheduled to be reconstructed by community volunteers from March 23-26 and March 31-April 5. However, due to the coronavirus, the event has since been postponed.
The playground was originally slated to be fully completed by early June. Due to the postponement of the community build days, it is not clear when the redesigned Kids Kastle will be finished.
Kids Kastle was designed and built by the community 25 years ago.
Highland Village Parks and Recreation Director Phil Lozano told Community Impact Newspaper in December that while Kids Kastle has served the community well, it is time to rebuild it so it can serve future generations.
In September, the city hosted a series of community input meetings so residents could weigh in on the new design. Lozano said city staff also visited all of the elementary schools in Highland Village to get input from students. He said the city’s main takeaways are that residents want the playground to be accessible to everyone and that the children wanted to keep the castle theme.
Mayor Charlotte Wilcox said in December that Kids Kastle is a symbol of unity and community for Highland Village residents.
“When you have equity in something, you enjoy it; you take care of it,” she said. “And that’s what it is to the people in Highland Village—it’s their park that they got to build.”
