People’s Playground Project began as a resident-led push to redesign the playground in Honesdale’s Central Park. Reporting since has traced the layers of people actually driving the project, including cofounder Kendra Nelson, who has gone on to a position running Honesdale itself, and Lisa Glover, whose record this outlet tracks separately.
PPP still hasn’t registered as a charity or broken ground on the park it was formed to build — questions this outlet has posed directly about whether its fundraising violates Pennsylvania solicitation law. A PPP affiliate has also harassed journalists and threatened a local politician while concealing her connection to the project.
This outlet has laid out what donors and volunteers should know before getting involved. If it happens with People’s Playground Project and it’s of public interest, we’ll cover it — check back here to stay current.
You can also find more articles about Lisa Glover, who is highly involved in People’s Playground Project.
Opinion | Analysis. Statements marked [FACT] are supported by documented records, emails obtained via Right-to-Know request, or PA DEP correspondence. Statements marked [SPECULATION] are the author’s interpretation. On November 18, 2025, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection sent Honesdale Borough its verdict on the Central Park soil. Here is the key passage: “While it appears...
A PPP supporter posted a photo to shut us up. Instead she handed us Exhibit A. Now ask yourself: why would a borough promise a playground to another park, then leave it rotting behind a maintenance building? Opinion | Analysis This article contains clearly labeled opinion and speculation alongside documented facts. Facts are sourced from...
People's Playground Project claimed ~$15,000 raised during NEPA Gives. The public donor list documents $8,343.80 — and the platform they used can inflate a "total raised" figure with match money pledged but not yet paid and a competitive bonus paid out by donor count, not dollars. Pocono Review checked every line.
Pocono Review's annotated reference for its investigation into People's Playground Project's June 2026 NEPA Gives fundraiser. Lists every donor with a documented tie to PPP, the Wayne County Community Foundation, borough or county government, or the families of the project's principals — with sourced connections drawn entirely from the public record.
A working park doesn’t need a rescue fund. A missing one does. Opinion and Analysis On the People’s Playground Project’s Facebook page, people are still voicing their concerns — Lisa Glover and her supporters are still gaslighting them. “I still stand on my previous comment. It made NO sense to take out the old playground...
Before You Donate to People’s Playground Project The Pocono Review — Opinion & Analysis The following is editorial analysis, not a news report. Factual claims are sourced from public records and prior reporting. Analytical claims represent the author’s interpretation of documented events. █ Fact █ Speculation Today, someone is going to ask you for money....
Candy Maylone AKA Candy Viola harassed Pocono Review journalists for weeks and denied any connection to PPP. A photo from PPP's own Facebook page proves otherwise.
Opinion & Analysis · Honesdale, PA Is People’s Playground Project Soliciting Your Money in Violation of Pennsylvania Law? A note to the reader Statements marked [FACT] are supported by documented records, public minutes, verified public statements, or Pennsylvania statute. Statements marked [SPECULATION] are the author’s interpretation and analysis. You decide what to do with both....
Andrew Nelson — husband of new Honesdale Borough Manager Kendra Nelson, a People's Playground Project co-founder — emailed Pocono Review asking us to "revise" our coverage. We're answering in public.
For six months, the only newspaper covering the removal of a children's playground in Honesdale Borough did not tell its readers that the reporter writing every article had a personal financial relationship with someone working on the project he was covering.
The mayor's domestic partner has been working on Central Park since 2020. Her board member produced the soil report that took the playground out. She designed the replacement — funded through her partner's employer.
Honesdale Borough tore out a children’s playground on a paid consultant’s unfinished report, buried the state’s letter clearing the soil, and handed the $400,000 replacement to the mayor’s domestic partner. Read Part 2: Lisa Glover & Derek Williams: Same Bed, Same Foundation — the people behind the People’s Playground Project, the $14M foundation that funds...
The People's Playground Project partners with Honesdale Borough to design a new ADA-accessible playground after toxic tire mulch forced Central Park equipment removal. Community input drives Wayne County rebuild.