Merino is a large park in the Hartford neighborhood of Providence. It is connected to the Manton neighborhood by the Sheridan Street pedestrian bridge. The park was unused and neglected for many years, it was used for illegal activities and families no longer felt safe there. The City of Providence decided to reclaim the space and spent time and money to clean it up, plant new grass, install playground equipment, basketball courts, and picnic tables.

The Woonasquatucket River Greenway comes through this park. The park has been the focus of clean-ups and programming by the River Ranger youth program that the Greenway Project coordinates. The Greenway Project has also sponsored the murals and butterfly garden that brighten the walls near the Sheridan Street pedestrian bridge in Merino Park.

Merino Park before it was renovated by the City of Providence.

Students from Wheaton College help local youth paint a mural at Merino.*

Kids playing at Merino Park. In the background is the completed mural.

*Mural designed by Neopolsi Creations.

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