{"id":31218,"date":"2026-05-09T17:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/?page_id=31218"},"modified":"2026-05-09T17:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:43:24","slug":"worthen-park-splash-pad-ribbon-cutting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/worthen-park-splash-pad-ribbon-cutting\/","title":{"rendered":"Worthen Park Splash Pad Ribbon Cutting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal;font-size: 20px;text-align: center\"><strong>Worthen Park Splash Pad Ribbon Cutting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px\"><em>GraniteCityGossip.com May 9, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-group-2-1024x602.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-group-2-1024x602.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-group-2-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-group-2-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-group-2-1536x902.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-group-2-1200x705.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-group-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Worthen Park Splash Pad Ribbon Cutting, images from Granite City Park District Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal\">Worthen Park had something to celebrate today as the community gathered for the official ribbon cutting of the brand\u2011new splash pad. Families, kids, and local residents came out to enjoy the sunshine and take part in the opening ceremony, marking a fun new addition to the park.<br><br>The splash pad will be open from <strong>12\u20135 p.m. on weekends<\/strong>, giving families a place to cool off and play. Beginning Memorial Day weekend, it will switch to daily hours, just in time for summer.<br><br>Thanks to everyone who came out to help welcome this new feature, it\u2019s already clear it\u2019s going to be a favorite spot for local kids all season long.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"31221\" src=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"31224\" src=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-3-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-3.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"31222\" src=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/splash-pad-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31218","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31218"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31229,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31218\/revisions\/31229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}