The Park Board has not yet committed to the playground, which would replace an existing facility at Battle Point Park. The planned playground would be for children ages 2 to 12. The group began researching play parks three months ago. Then they were contacted by a grandmother from Shelton, who steered them to the firm behind an expansive wooden playground there, which features turrets, towers and bridges. Come construction, planned for spring 2001, those designs would become reality in a five-day community effort.
Kids help and are included from start to finish.
Todd Westbrook is a free-lance writer for The Sun.