Dolores Mayor Santiago Lopez has publicly weighed in on the emotional discussion around last week’s closure of the popular playground in Joe Rowell Park.
In an editorialpublished Monday in the Cortez Journal, Lopez apologized for Board’s decision to close the deteriorating playground. He said concerns about safety and liability prompted the board to follow recommendations from the town staff and attorney to block access to the structure immediately.
The Town has scheduled a workshop for next Monday to address the closure, and may consult a structural engineer to see whether the playground is salvageable. Next Thursday, a group called “Save Our Playground” plans to meet as well.
“We will have a playground,” Nikki Gillespie of Save Our Playground told KSJD. “I think more important is how we choose our ways of being, and how we do it. And we need to do it together.”
