Major renovation of Kirkwood’s Bessie Branham Park set to begin August

Bessie Branham Park will see renovations of its playground, deck and monument walls, as well as a formal entrance at the southwest corner of the Park. (Dean Hesse/Decaturish)

Bessie Branham Park is the center of civic life in Kirkwood, the site of its annual Spring Fling and host to Neighborhood Planning Unit meetings.

But, according to Earl Williamson with the Kirkwood Neighbors Organization, the park has never received a broad renovation. That will change soon as work gets underway to replace the playground, deck, monument walls and to create a formal entrance at the Southwest Corner of the Park. There will also be some water remediation on the property.

Williamson is chair of KNO’s Bessie Branham Renewal Sub-Comittee.