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BPRD Operations Director David Mayer
and Park Planner Wendy AndersonBerg perform a safety audit of a new
playground in Sertoma Park.

and oﬀer an opportunity for children
to use their bodies and their imaginations. Yes, you can blast oﬀ into
space at the rocket ship playground.
Yes, you can go to the ball in that
horse-drawn carriage. Yes, little cowboys and cowgirls, come aboard the
stagecoach at Fort Fun. Other playground themes in the BPRD system
center around construction, a ﬁre
truck and ﬁre station, music, bugs
and monkeys. BPRD has a total of 14
themed playgrounds.

Play Spaces for All
BPRD has a long history of creating inclusive and accessible
playgrounds. Magical Moments
Playground in Wachter Park is an
award-winning inclusive playground
area that was designed in 2006 by
a group of local citizens who wanted to create a park where everyone
could play together. The main champion of the play area was a parent
of a child with severe disabilities,
including Cerebral palsy, seizures,

asthma and a vision impairment.
The playground design was created
by a committee of stakeholders, including parents of kids with disabilities, physical therapists, BPRD and
children from local schools.
Magical Moments set the bar
very high for inclusive playgrounds.
That playground was updated and
expanded in 2017. The playground
includes a toddler area on a pouredin-place rubber surface, a sensory
playground for ages 2 to 5 and an

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