ParkProject

=Park Project Research= Your job is to do //appropriate// internet research about actual companies that sell playground equipment. While you are doing your research, keep track of the **cost** (if available) **and measurements** of any park features you choose. Use the websites below for your research. When you find features you like, save your pictures to use in your PowerPoint presentation. Make sure you **name** the picture you save so you remember what it is for. Note that it will be harder to find larger features because these are purchased through local contracts by park bureaus and not by individual consumers.

Use the following links as starting points:
Play and Park Systems (this is a great site to begin with- clearly organized into different types of play structures, and clearly includes prices, photos, and site plans) Midwest Playscapes (this is the company that built one of the playgrounds from the parks article you read- plus has links to LOTS of other types of park elements, such as benches, picnic structures, and skate parks) Playworld Systems (this site has many playground types- plus features to encourage physical fitness in teens and adults) Boundless Play Systems (links to info about many handicapped accessible playgrounds) Miracle Recreation Little Tikes Park Equipment Little Tikes iBuilder Playground Designer (you will need to enter an email address and the school's zip code to create a playground). Swingsets

Pool Prices and Sizes (scroll down to see a basic list of below ground pool styles) City and Park Pools (most of these would be WAY out of the budget for your park, but you could use some of the smaller features of these pools.

Tennis and Basketball Courts Picnic Shelters and Pavilions Restroom Buildings Skate Park Designs Skate Park Obstacles

**Cost Calculations for Park Amenities**
 * **Skate Parks:** $200 / sq yard (the average size of a skate park feature in a public park is about the size of a single tennis court: 12 yards x 24 yards). Half the cost is for site prep (pavement, fencing, lights) and half is for equipment. Minneapolis spent about $70,000 for each skate park it opened in parks in 2005.
 * **Streams / Fountains:**
 * Stream (like the Mears Park stream): $150/yard (just for the length)
 * Fountain, simple $150/sq yard
 * Fountain- complex or play- $300/sq yard
 * **Restroom Buildings:**
 * $650/sq yard for flush toilet. (basic two room restroom building is about 18ft x 15ft or 6yds X 5yds).
 * $350/sq yd for brick pit toilet buildings.
 * $200/month for porta-potty rental
 * **Pavilions:**(a medium size pavilion is about 24ft x 36ft, or 8yds x 12 yds)
 * Enclosed, 4 season, with kitchen- $800/sq yard
 * Open Air, roof w/ no sides- $300/sq yard
 * Amphitheater Stage, covered w/ electricity- $500/sq. yd
 * **Dog Park:** you need to pay for the fence around the dog park: $50/yard
 * **Mini-Golf:** $250/sq. yard
 * **Outdoor Ice Rink-** $35/sq. yard for skating rink; $75/sq. yard for hockey rink (dimensions in your packet)

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