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INCLUSIVE PLAY
streams. Large donations are necessary
to purchase and maintain
expensive equipment, but peer-topeer
fundraising opportunities and
creative campaigns build critical
community-level support. Playgrounds
need both large donors
and community visitors to thrive.
Keeping
supporters
engaged
at
all levels will encourage individuals
to spread awareness about the
playground, in turn, bringing in
more visitors and financial supporters.
PlayGrand
Adventures
consider increasing
should
opportunities
for community engagement
outside of general visitation and
sponsorships. This could include
volunteer opportunities - such
as playground
clean-ups, playground
information providers or
Best Buddies-type play partners.
Other opportunities include educational
presentations
on topics
related to all-abilities playgrounds,
social events for affinity groups, or
city-sponsored events and festivals.
Communities aspiring to build
similar playgrounds - People who
encounter
often become interested in replicating
the designs, but there is a
lack of consistency in classifications,
information and a clear process
for building such playgrounds
(tinyurl.com/4cxdz3rw). There are
significant hurdles to building allabilities
playgrounds,
including
space,
funding and ensuring the
design
vision of
is engaging for multiple
audiences. Cities wishing to replicate
Grand Prairie's
PlayGrand Adventures would be
wise to learn from those who have
come before them. The PlayGrand
team visited several inclusive playgrounds
and consulted inclusive
playground equipment manufacturers
when planning their own
playground, which informed their
design and implementation.
While
seamlessly
integrated
all-abilities playgrounds might be
PlayGrand Adventures is perceived as an
engaging, safe and unique playground
that motivates support via visitation and
donations.
inclusive playgrounds
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