The opening of the playground, named in honor of 3-year-old Mitchell Chang, who drowned at a local swim school in 2018, has been delayed because of pandemic-related challenges. Story by raquelltorrres.
Mitchell’s Landing, an all-inclusive children's park, is slated to open at Classen-Steubing Ranch Park in early 2023. The pirate-themed park is named after 3-year-old Mitchell Chang, who drowned at a swim school in Stone Oak in February 2018.Pandemic-related challenges are slowing down construction of an inclusive playground within the soon-to-open 204-acre Classen-Steubing Ranch Park on San Antonio’s far North Side.
First, the pandemic slowed fundraising down, said April Chang, Mitchell’s mother. More recently, the global steel shortage affected the production of park equipment, while overseas shipping slowdowns have delayed the arrival of other equipment. “Mitchell was fun, happiness, and he was so much love… He wanted to be a pirate,” said his mom. “That is everything Mitchell. Then, families can experience the happiness or joy that he was. It doesn’t even matter if they don’t know him or the story, or they don’t think about that, because all that matters is that they have that happiness.”
The Changs began a conversation with Councilman John Courage , in whose district the park is located, in May 2018 about their idea to honor Mitchell by having the foundation fund an inclusive playground.
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