New life has been breathed into a small but popular City Centre park at the corner of Buswell Street and Saba Road, next to Richmond Public Market.
On July 20, city council members, including Mayor Malcolm Brodie, re-opened Lang Park, which is considered an important space for area residents – especially children.
“Lang Park is well used, particularly by those who live in the surrounding City Centre community where park space is limited,” said Brodie in a news release.
“The Lang Park redesign addresses the needs of our growing and diversifying community and the need to improve aging infrastructure,” he added.
According to the City of Richmond, key features of the park include: new concrete seating walls and paving, a children’s play area including a water play feature, site furnishings and lighting, upgraded utilities, public art, new trees, shrubs and groundcover.
The park will also have a reflexology path, which can be used to stimulate acupressure points on your feet.
The total project cost was $920,506, according to the city.
Lang Park was built in 1990 and is considered one of Richmond’s first true urban parks as it is shadowed by numerous apartment towers.
The park is said to complement to Lang Centre drop-in programs.
