#Design Congratulations to Vortex Aquatic Structures International Inc. for winning the Grands Prix Du Design Award for their Water Journey™. Created to imitate nature’s water systems, Water Journey’s interlocking sets offer both an interactive experience for children and a communal meeting place for parents as they gather to watch water on its journey downstream. Click here to read more!
THE HEARTBEAT OF THE COMMUNITY
“Groups work to turn South LA lots into children’s playgrounds”
via SCPR
“These day-long takeovers have been a hit with local residents, and fired up a growing movement to reclaim vacant lots for community betterment.” (continued) To most, a park is a sanctuary. It is the definitive line between a stagnant community and a positive change or direction or representation of a neighborhood. New parks mean that families and friends have a common place to meet and actively play. Parks allow for people to get outside and re-engage with the outdoors. They can be a defining space and setting for any neighborhood. Without parks, these areas can be left with little identity or historical significance. A recent project in Emeryville, CA, Temescal Park, is an example of how a new park can transform a community. With more young families visiting, use patterns have shifted away from drug deals and gang activity, to parents and grandparents regularly visiting the new playground. “The new playground is definitely helping transform the neighborhood” says Mike Mahoney of the City’s Public Works Department. Portland’s new Khunamokwst Park now provides green spaces, play features and a skatepark to a traditionally underserved community within the Cully Neighborhood. Khunamokwst means ‘together’ in the native Chinook language and that’s exactly what this park has done – it has brought a community together. The new George ‘Rocky’ Graham Park emphasizes the mission with which we at Ross Recreation operate our business: Building Community. The local residents of Marin City were looking to design a place where their community could come together to promote their vision of being an “Inclusive, Safe, Healthy, Thriving and Environmentally Conscious community”. We are not only proud, but grateful, to have helped not just Marin City, but these other communities create spaces where this vision is universally present.
A First For Inclusive Play
RIVER FORKS PARK
ROSEBURG, OR
The community and the Rotary Club of Roseburg are proud to be officially opening the first inclusive playground of Douglas County, Oregon at River Forks Park. The lack of fully accessible and inclusive play spaces in the area pushed the Rotary Club to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to design and build a new Landscape Structures play space that offers play opportunities for all ages and all abilities. Ross Recreation is proud to have been given the opportunity to be a partner with the Rotary and the community for this very special park. Photo Sources: • •
Portland Parks and Recreation Los Angeles City Councilmember Joe Buscaino at the ribbon-cutting for Watts Serenity Park.
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