VERONA, WIS – Verona’s new Century School Park on West Verona Avenue held a grand opening event in July. The well-attended event punctuated Summer and launched a whole new season of concerts and community activities. Music in the new bandshell was provided by the Mad City Jug Band as part of Verona Area Chamber of Commerce’s Concerts in the Park series.
Vandewalle & Associates and Eye Level Studio designed the unique new park and community hub to support the multi-generational residents, commercial uses, and pedestrian and bike paths that surround it. The park will also be a natural adjunct to the activities that will be housed in a renovated historic Sugar River/Century School.
Amenities in the park include a new accessible playground, great lawn, plaza area, fire pits, and bandshell. In winter months it will also host the city’s first chilled outdoor skating rink.