Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Price Playground is located in Worcester’s Bell Hill neighborhood. This small pocket park – of little more than a half acre – is named after the late Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Price, a woman who led the way for African American women in Worcester when she became the first African American woman elected to the School Committee in 1973. She was also the founder and director of the Prospect House, which is a human services agency that assisted the poor.

The park property came to the city in two parcels: the first was acquired from the Prospect House in 1968, the second was acquired by the city in 2000.

Betty Price Playground can be found along Laurel Street and Eastern Ave. Although Bell Hill is served by other parks in close proximity (Bell Hill and East Parks), Betty Price Playground is the only centrally located playground in the entire neighborhood.

The city has developed a master plan for this park, which stipulates that the playground will be completely redesigned and replaced and a gazebo with a picnic area will be installed in the center of the park.