The City of Brighton hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 19 to celebrate the grand opening of Cherry Meadows Park, a water-conscious, 4.38-acre neighborhood park located at 1651 Zeno Street.
Cherry Meadows Park represents a creative transformation of retention pond space into a custom-designed public green space that balances sustainability, aesthetics and play. The park's design emphasizes low water usage, with limited turf and an emphasis on native seeding and landscaping, aligning with the City’s sustainability goals. Its wetland and pollinator theme complements the site’s natural characteristics, making Cherry Meadows Park not only a recreational asset but also an environmental one.
“Cherry Meadows Park is a great example of how we can turn a challenging space into something beautiful and community-focused,” said Kyle Sylvester, Assistant Director of Parks & Open Space. “This is our twenty-eighth playground in our parks system and our forty-first area that we maintain in parks as a whole. This newest park showcases our commitment to sustainability while providing residents with an engaging and visually-unique space.”
Key features of the park include:
Large tower play structure with three slides
Dragonfly climber, arch swing, honeycomb climbers
Nature-themed sensory panels, butterfly-themed shade accents
Looped walking path
45 newly-planted trees and more than 100 shrubs and grasses
Native landscaping and heat-tolerant, disease-resistant HGT sod from Barenbrug
Soil amendments exceeding standard practice to support plant survival in challenging conditions
Port-o-let enclosure
Shaded picnic tables
The park was designed by Norris Design, constructed in partnership with Elite Industries, Inc., and made possible with the help of a $600,000 grant from Adams County.
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