It’s Tuesday night and nothing sounds as fun as playing some extra large chess in the park followed by sliding down some slides. Where can you find a park with this type of combination? Well, currently, nowhere, but in a few months this is completely possible. Are you asking yourself where?
Maritime Heritage Park is a place with a very mixed history. Is Maritime Heritage Park a nice place? It absolutely is. Do people speculate and advise others not to go to Maritime Heritage Park at night? Also absolutely.
I’ve never read Yelp reviews regarding a park, but Maritime Heritage Park has a rating that proves my point. The rating for Maritime Heritage Park is ⅗ stars on Yelp. As you can see through the ratings, over the years a lot of people have had a good time or positive experience in Maritime Heritage Park, but still remember to be cautious after dark and that the park can be considered very “sketchy”.
Que the Bellingham Parks and Recreation Department. Bellingham Parks and Recreation Department started at trying to revive Maritime Heritage Park with small steps, little changes to make the park more attractive. Personally, I have walked down to the park multiple times and had lunch on the steps.
Maritime Heritage Park is a couple blocks from my house. I love walking there via trails or just walking between the Post Office and Bellingham Cider Co. to the top of the steps. I walked there tonight and this was the view:
In April of this year the Bellingham Parks and Recreation Department announced a slide project. As an adult I say, wow, yay, a slide, but then saw this slide is an adult sized slide. That piqued my interest. Well, here is your update, the slide isn’t finished. From what I can tell the slide was supposed to be finished in May, but, on June 15 this isn’t a fact. Here is the current status:
Don’t forget about one of the greatest event going on currently, The It’s Almost Summer Fund Drive. A great time to consider donating, no matter how small. KMRE is run completely through volunteers and any donations keep KMRE alive and improve listener experience.