Camden County Parks employees celebrate the ribbon-cutting at Haddon Creek playground in Collingswood. Credit: Matt Skoufalos.
Camden County Completes $1.3M in Park Renovations
The upgrades change the playground experiences at Haddon Creek and Newton Lake Parks, with ADA-compliant access, new age-appropriate equipment, poured play surfaces, and improved stormwater engineering.
The facility will serve as a community gathering space, with a private dressing room for entertainers playing the nearby McLaughlin-Norcross Memorial Dell. It's another facet of the $100-million Parks Alive 2025 county greenspace reinvestment project.
Social worker T’Keyah Hose travels among the nine branches of the county library system to help those who need help finding housing, employment, or other services. Library Director Linda Devlin says her work relieves community concerns while helping to support library staff.