The improvements come as five Durham parks remain closed because of lead contamination concerns.
December Triangle NC Cares Award recipient, Kids Together Playground, aims to be a playground for kids of all abilities.
Construction on Wake County's first new park in 10 years started Tuesday when crews broke ground off NC-42 in Willow Springs.
Visually impaired students at the Governor Morehead School will receive a new accessible outdoor learning center that architecture students at North Carolina State University helped design.
A Durham park started getting a playground improvement Tuesday thanks to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and the nonprofit Kaboom.
A new indoor amusement park will soon open in Fayetteville.