Parks and Rec 'Rethinking' Ropes Course

City Councilman Curtis Jones' Special Assistant Josh Cohen said at Thursday's Central Roxborough Civic Association meeting that the Parks and Recreation Department is putting a proposal to install a ropes course in Wissahickon Park on hold.

"The Friends of Wissahickon Park withdrew their support for the project," Cohen said. "The Parks and Rec department are rethinking the project."

Still, the Association for the Preservation of the Wissahickon will hold a formal meeting on Tuesday to continue to organize an opposition to the project.

The proposed ropes course would be installed near the intersection of Henry and Wigard avenues, and it would bring in from $10-50,000 in revenue for the city.

APOW and other neighbors do not believe that the financial gain does enough to offset the potential environmental harm the project could have on the Wissahickon.

To read more about the proposed ropes course please click on one of the following links:

• Treetop Adventure Course Considered for Wissahickon Park
• Tree Top Adventure Proposal to be Discussed
• Proposed Rope Course Concerns Residents
• Citizens Mount Campaign to 'Save the Wissahickon'
• Friends of the Wissahckon Oppose Ropes Course