Harper Woods breaks ground on its first pocket park

From left, Harper Woods City Manager John Szymanski and Mayor Valerie Kindle address attendees during the groundbreaking for Roscommon Pocket Park.

HARPER WOODS — Residents of a Harper Woods neighborhood have a new place to relax or gather outside.

City, county and state officials broke ground on a pocket park on Roscommon Street July 30. The $250,000 project is being paid for through a Michigan Economic Development Corporation grant and Public Act 51 funds, and it is Harper Woods’ first pocket park, City Manager John Szymanski said.

With plans to install benches, raised planter boxes and a covered pavilion, the park is intended as a safe, quiet space for the neighborhood, Szymanski said.

“What a wonderful day in Harper Woods this has been,” Mayor Valerie Kindle said. “This has been in