Glencoe's two main parks share a creek but not a front door. Wilson Park's address is 313 Nancy Carrol Ave. Hollingsworth Park's is Hollingsworth Park Dr., where the George Wallace Senior Center sits at number 407. Little Cove Creek runs between them. For about two years the city has been working through paperwork to put an ADA-compliant pedestrian bridge across that creek.
This October, Glencoe's two biggest public events fall on opposite sides of the creek, three weeks apart. Each park is built around a different kind of visit, so the bridge would connect more than two parking lots.
Wilson Park Is Built for Teams and Toddlers
The city's parks page lists Wilson Park's amenities.
- A seasonal splash pad that can be rented
- Two rentable pavilions with restrooms
- Lighted basketball and tennis courts
- A sand volleyball court
- Two youth baseball fields and two girls' softball fields
- Playground equipment and swings
- A youth soccer field
Greater Gadsden Tourism also lists concessions at the four ball fields.
Wilson's published list has no walking track. Everything at Wilson is something to play on, play in or rent for a birthday, and it all suits a family with kids in rec-league uniforms. The city's inventory page dates to 2021, so treat the list as a baseline and expect some changes on the ground.
The splash pad is seasonal, so families with younger kids now have an indoor option on cooler or rainy days. The Etowah Chamber announced The Confetti Collective at 526 Main St W in a release dated October 3, 2025. It's an indoor playground for children eight and under, owned by Skyler Evans, and it also runs a balloon bar and sells party supplies. Evans told the Chamber the goal was to give children a place to play and families a place to make memories. The phone number listed is 256-553-4409.
Hollingsworth Park Is Built Around Its Track
Across the creek, the city lists a 1.5-mile walking trail at Hollingsworth, a playground inside the loop, and the high school baseball and softball fields with enclosed batting facilities.
Greater Gadsden Tourism describes the track as landscaped and running along Cove Creek, with paved parking. The same listing notes an indoor carpeted track, which the city's senior center page places inside the George Wallace Senior Center. The outdoor trail is open sunrise to sunset.
Hollingsworth's year-round traffic depends on the indoor track. The city's senior center page lists weekday indoor walking from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Greater Gadsden's listing gives an earlier opening time in one spot, but the city's page was updated in April 2026, so go by the city's hours. The same building hosts a fixed weekly schedule.
| Day | What's on at the George Wallace Senior Center |
|---|---|
| Monday, Wednesday, Friday | Exercise class at 10:30 a.m. |
| Tuesday | Line dancing at 9:30 a.m. |
| Weekdays | Indoor walking, nutrition meals and homebound meals |
| By request or seasonal | 55 Alive and other workshops, free tax help |
Checkers, cards and RSVP volunteer services are also on the list. General activities are open to people 50 and older, and the nutrition services are for people 60 and older.
The city is still putting money into the building. In January 2026 the council approved new lights and ceiling fans for the senior center. It also funded a February 12 Valentine dance with a live band.
That leaves one park with sports leagues, a splash pad and pavilion rentals, and the other with the walking track, the high school fields and a weekday class schedule. The only thing between them is the creek.
October Puts One Event on Each Side
The 5th Annual Touch a Truck is at Wilson Park on Saturday, October 10, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free, and food trucks will be there. That's one week from today. Greater Gadsden Tourism's listing calls it the fourth annual. The date, time and location match, so the count is the only difference.
The Glencoe Fall Festival follows on Saturday, October 31. Greater Gadsden Tourism lists it from 5 to 8 p.m. at Hollingsworth Park, with the George Wallace Senior Center at 407 Hollingsworth Park Dr. as the address. The listing promises free hot dogs and drinks and Trunk or Treat, and asks families to come in Halloween costumes. GadsdenThrive's listing has the same time and place.
The City of Glencoe's own event page says something different. It lists Fall Fest as "All Day" at Wilson Park, 313 Nancy Carrol Ave. The tourism listing gives more detail, with exact hours, a building and a menu, but the two listings haven't been reconciled. Check before you head out on the 31st. The number listed for Hollingsworth Park is 256-492-4911.
If the tourism listing is right, October goes like this. Families with young kids start the month on Wilson's side looking at fire trucks and end it on Hollingsworth's side with Trunk or Treat. For now, those are two trips to two addresses.
The Paper Trail of a Bridge
The bridge shows up in public records in this order.
- August 1, 2024. The Gadsden-Etowah MPO's FY2024 list of obligated projects shows preliminary engineering starting on an ADA-compliant pedestrian bridge over Little Cove Creek to connect Hollingsworth and Wilson parks. It shows $40,000 obligated, $32,280 spent and $7,720 left.
- May 27, 2025. The Glencoe City Council approved Resolution 25-07, authorizing an application to the state's Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program (TAP) for FY2026. In a separate vote, it approved public use of "phase 1 ADA compliant sidewalk & pedestrian bridge in Hollingsworth and Wilson Parks."
- August 15, 2025. The city posted Phase I Sidewalk and Pedestrian Bridge in Hollingsworth and Wilson Parks for bids. Bids were due August 28, 2025.
- October 14, 2025. The council approved a $124,079 engineering contract with Three Notch Group for a "Tap Grant at the Park." The minutes don't say which project it covers.
- May 12, 2026. The council approved Resolution 2026-001, labeled TAP Grant. The minutes don't describe its scope.
The bid posting shows what Phase I covers, and it's mostly path. The work list includes about 2,626 cubic yards of excavation, 2,606 square yards of crushed aggregate base, 512 tons of asphalt surfacing and 237 square yards of six-inch concrete driveway. The bridge itself is a single lump-sum line. So Phase I is a paved route through both parks, and the bridge is one piece of it.
The records also show where things stand. The public paper trail goes through the bid solicitation and two later TAP-related council votes. No construction contract award, start date or completion has turned up in the records. Until the city announces it, the bridge is a project in progress.
What the Route Would Connect
Picture October with the path built. Touch a Truck and Fall Fest would sit on one paved pedestrian route instead of at two addresses on two streets. The project's stated purpose is to link Hollingsworth, with its 1.5-mile track along Cove Creek, to Wilson, with its splash pad, pavilions and youth fields.
The creek between them is Little Cove Creek in the GEMPO listing and Cove Creek on the tourism page. Either way, the city has spent public money and council votes on getting across it. The next update should come from the Glencoe City Council minutes, which the city posts online after each meeting.
At Scott Hindsman, we follow projects like the Cove Creek bridge because a paved route between two parks changes how people get around that part of Glencoe. If you own a home near Wilson or Hollingsworth and want to know what it's worth, request an instant home valuation and we'll keep you posted as the bridge project moves forward.
