On December 12, 2008, the Department of Parks & Recreation along with the Friends of Stead Park unveiled a fully renovated facility.  The Stead Park Recreation Center now include two playgrounds, a lighted basketball court, a multi-use playing field, picnic areas, and an indoor recreation center that offers basketball and other youth programs. The playgrounds recently underwent a much appreciated and very successful renovation and now feature an Americans with Disabilities Act accessible main entrance, a central plaza with seating and an artificial turf play area, a central shade structure, and one playground for children ages two to five and one for children ages six to 12 - both with rubber safety surfaces and climbing walls in additions to slides, swings, and other standard equipment. 

The first picture shows Mayor Adrian Fenty and Councilman Jack Evans with FOSP Board Members Wendy Meltzer and Malia Brink.  The second picture shows the demolition work in preparation for the renovation.