The City of Hood River’s Waterfront Park children’s playground has reopened a couple of weeks before Children’s Park will close for its rebuilding. The waterfront playground had been closed for nearly six months to allow new sod to establish itself and equipment replacement. Old wooden structures in the Children’s Park at 9th and Eugene are being replaced with new modern equipment, and the park will also be expanded by 3,000 square feet. An event is scheduled at Children’s Park for April 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to bid farewell to the existing park structure built by the community 25 years ago. It will include a rally fund-raiser for the new park, with music, food, face painting, and games planned. Children’s Park will close shortly after that to prepare for the new development. A community build week is scheduled for June 4-10.