Collingswood Borough and Public Schools are working to align their operations to fix a structural shortfall in district funding. Credit: NJPEN.
Collingswood Schools, Government Outline Massive Facilities, Funding Collaboration Effort
Both entities hope to identify new funding sources for district and community needs; consolidate office, academic, and recreation spaces; and manage future capital improvements for the district and community at large. Before any of that, however, they must plug a $3.6-million hole in the district operating budget in the next few weeks.
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.
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.