(Image: Seattle Parks)

Seattle Parks is officially unveiling the $500,000 summer makeover of the TT Minor Play Area.

The E. Union playground next to the Seattle Public Schools campus was overhauled in June by volunteers as part of the Greater & Greener Conference, a gathering of parks officials and designers.

Seattle Parks says around 50 conference attendees joined the department and Play Creation to help construct the new play area, “which is now a vibrant community space for children and families.” The two main structures of the play equipment were donated by Landscape Structures and Play Creation, the city says.

Community meetings to help shape the design of the updated play area were held last fall.

New paved pathways were also added to help make the area accessible.

A ribbon cutting to celebrate the updates will be announced on the project update page.

The TT Minor campus, once shuttered in a past round of district closures and leased to a private school, is today home to SPS’s World School program, a “culturally and linguistically diverse school for newcomer secondary students ages 11-20.” “It is one of only a few schools in the country designed as a preliminary entry point for immigrant children in their quest for academic achievement and full participation in American society,” the district says.

The TT Minor Play Area is located at 1698 E Union. Learn more at seattle.gov.

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