Jun 23, 2025 | Family-friendly, News & Updates, Playground
Back in 2018, the Conservancy’s playground committee first met to envision a revamped playground for Washington Park. The project focused on the replacement the existing equipment with a thoughtful reimagining of the playground space which had slowly fallen into...
Jun 8, 2023 | Horticulture & Landscape, News & Updates, Volunteer
Long-term Conservancy board member Bill Lemmon recently rotated off the board and onto the Advisory Committee .Bill first joined the board more than twenty years ago (the exact date may be lost in the mists of time) and was a passionate and steadfast supporter of...
May 10, 2023 | Events, Horticulture & Landscape, News & Updates
Presented by the Washington Park Conservancy in conjunction with The Department of General Services and the City of Albany Saturday and Sunday, May 20 and 21 This annual rite of spring in Washington Park is eagerly anticipated by area residents and avid gardeners...
Mar 30, 2023 | Family-friendly, News & Updates, Playground
A project update from the co-chairs of the Washington Park Playground Rebuild Committee: Dear Neighbors, Thank you for your interest in the Washington Park Playground rebuild project. We appreciate the patience of everyone engaged in this project –...
Nov 16, 2022 | News & Updates, Playground
It’s hard to believe it’s been more than a year since we held our community feedback event in the Park and posted our last playground update, but we’ve been very busy and made a lot of progress since you last heard from us. Thanks to everyone for...
Nov 9, 2022 | Events, Family-friendly, News & Updates
Many thanks to all who made the Lantern Parade a success, especially to Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan for supporting the event, Assemblymember Patricia A. Fahy for joining the community of the parade, and to ALL of you who came out to walk together. It was incredible to...
