Kemps Landing Park

This is a corner park located in a major intersection. It's noisy with traffic. Parking is limited to the school parking lot. The gates are locked from the school side. Geese poop is all over the grass and pathway.

It was really hard to come down on this new City of Virgina Beach park which was the former field for Kempsville Pony-Colt Baseball. From a distance it does look nice. However, after years and years and years of work on the corner it's still not completed. They is currently no where to park and even attempt to enjoy at all. The history of the corner is significant in the local baseball community. The two fields were home to Kempsville Pony League for 50 years. The 2009 season was their last with the widening and movement of Witchduck Rd. There is an informational plaque and statute. Also cool a marker of where home plate was. Old Kempsville HS still stands across the street and serves as a beautifully restored apartment building. Adjacent to the park is a lot of heavy equipment by a nearby water way. No one was working today. I assume the idea was to create a holding pond for necessary drainage. So a large pond was made that is trashy and algae ridden with green color. Not even water fowl use it. A fountain in the center is not working to keep the flow going and reduce build up of algae. The centerpiece to the park is a tall wooden gazebo type dome with cedar shake roof. It's darn attractive. Wooden benches line the walk around the pond. There are trash cans, bike racks and even lighting around the area. Landscaping of bushes and trees is extensive and looks awesome! Near Witchduck Road in front of the park is large black utility boxes that are unsightly. The current landscaping will take years to hide them. My assumption is that parking will be eventually placed where current construction is. If not there will never be a place to park. All access would be on foot, or bike. There is a nearby steel bridge that connects Kempsville Elementary School to the park. From a distance it looks attractive, but is rusted and nasty. I again assume they will apply a coating of some type, or maybe that's done at the mill and was not completed due to cost. Hopefully this city park will come together so I can update and upgrade in the future. Right now it has potential. 2.5, rounding down.