Rock Hill Miracle Park

In the fall of 2019, the City of Rock Hill and the Rock Hill Miracle Park team partnered with Progressive Companies to create a master-planned community park using the principles of Universal Design. While grounded in ADA, Universal Design offers far more potential for inclusion by using established guidelines for buildings and spaces to help meet the needs of various populations, including the elderly, individuals with disabilities, and those recovering from injury. Universal Design makes it possible to build a fully inclusive space, where physical and social barriers are removed to create an environment designed with everyone in mind.  

In December 2021, the park and playground became the first park in the world to achieve Universal Design Gold Certification through the Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC). When fully built out, this 16-acre park will include two baseball fields, a softball field, two multi-purpose fields, a fully inclusive playground with a national site certification for inclusive play, walking paths, shelters, a golf area, a fishing pond, and a café and retail component.