Chocolate Town Park — Attraction in Derry Township

I have watched this park deteriorate over the last 20 years from being a pleasant place in downtown Hershey where chocolate factory workers used to eat their lunch and local residents used to take their kids to play in the kids area. But little by little I have watched this park become dismantled and destroyed from it's original self, by non other than the township parks department( who else could it be?). First they took out the beautiful gazebo surrounded by flowers. For what logical reason, who knows? A couple years later, I discovered the gazebo had be placed on private property along the railroad tracks. ???? Then, they began to remove some of the great trees that adorned the property, without, of course replacing them. Next, they removed all the kids playground equipment. And this was before the absurd overreaction to covid causing many municipalities across the nation to do the same( but without lowering our taxes which paid for these perks). Then, they deforested ( or debushed) more of the park by taking out a lot of the bushes that separated the park from the alley behind it. There used to be a lot of squirrels, including a rare white squirrel that inhabited the park, but this last summer, I noticed they are gone also. Could they have poisoned them? And , oh yes, the water fountain. I used to depend on this fountain as a source of good cool water to dink after taking my walks around town on a hot summer day. Now, half the time, it is turned off or even dismantled. It would not surprise me to see the only thing left, the benchs, be removed soon also. Sad, very sad for such a famous and wealthy town...

Being a local, it was better before Hershey expanded the downtown area..., but its not terrible now, great view and location near the newly renovated spots, & very cool that they have events and stuff now, just missing the small playground area they used to have for kids to keep them...

Nice little park in the middle of downtown Hershey. It is very shady with many trees to block out the direct heat. Keep an eye on events happening which range from farmer's markets, concerts, fairs, and a New Years Eve celebration. You can find awesome brass reliefs of Milton...