Peer Park
- Written by Katy & Katelyn, Green Meadow Elementary
Peer Park is open all year round. It is on North 26 Street at the railroad tracks, across from the Adult Education Building. Area school children have made this park a community playground and along with Cooper Park it is a favorite ice skating rink. During the summer months this park is home to three Male Mute Swans. These birds help keep the pond clean by eating algae and duckweed, surface plants which tend to cloud or clutter the surface water.
Peer Park was named for Perry Peer one of the former owners of the land. From the 1880's to the 1920's a large factory, operated by power from the pond, occupied a large part of the present park area. For many years a wooden walkway under the railroad tracks served as a means of going to and from school.
