By: Follow South Jersey Staff
PENNSAUKEN, N.J. — A new softball field at Cooper River Park was unveiled on September 12 as part of Parks Alive 2025, a $100 million plan to revitalize Camden County’s 24 parks, conservation areas, and waterways.
“Cooper River Park is one of our most utilized parks in Camden County, so we are excited to be revitalizing and rebuilding its amenities,” Commissioner Jeffrey Nash, liaison to the Camden County Parks Department, said in a press release from the county. “We have worked hard to transform this area into a space for everyone to enjoy and we can’t wait to welcome our residents and visitors to the field.”
The $1 million project included building a new reoriented softball field, installing fencing, bleachers, and water fountains, and improving the parking lot.
Cooper River Park, “planned and engineered more than 100 years ago by Charles Levitt, encompasses 346 acres through Pennsauken, Cherry Hill, Collingswood and Haddon Township. In addition to the playground, the park’s amenities include: the Camden County Boathouse, pavilions, a softball field, a cross country course, the Camden County Golf Academy, the Cooper River Yacht Club, two bike trails, Jack Curtis Stadium, a track, picnic areas, a bocce court and more,” according to the press release.
The park was named a Great Place in New Jersey by the American Planning Association-New Jersey Chapter (APA-NJ). It is also the home of the Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta, the largest high school and college rowing competition in the nation.
Parks Alive 2025 has had several projects over the last two years including the $1.2 million makeover of Jack Curtis Stadium in Cooper River Park, the development of the LINK Trail, a proposed 34-mile regional trail that will stretch from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge to the south end of Winslow Township and the construction of a brand-new dog park in Cooper River Park.
Officials also announced three projects to improve the William G. Rohrer Playground in Cooper River Park and the Newton Lake and Haddon Creek playgrounds in Newton Lake Park.
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