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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #192834

Parks & Playgrounds:

Other: Hello Park and Recreation Team,  I would like to share my thoughts about the new equipment called "Victory Tower” at Bryan park.   Would you consider adding something like a ladder to come down?  I see 2 options to come down either by a pole or come down with the slope.  When more kids are waiting in the line to enjoy the equipment, it is hard to come down the slope.  I do not know but I feel like the pole is expected to be used.   When my child tried to use the pole, it was a little bit far from the top of the equipment so she got scared of grabbing a pole. More kids were trying to play with the equipment and my child felt pressured and cried.  I wish I could have climbed the pole to grab her but I could not.  If a child gets stuck at the top of the equipment, it will cause congestion.  I feel like adding something like a ladder to come down would be more helpful. 

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History

8/26/2024 10:07:28 Closed by Tim Street

Thanks for the report. I know some of the equipment at the new Bryan Park playground is a little more challenging, and that is by design -- this is one of the few playgrounds not designed for 2-5 year olds in our system and as such affords a few more opportunities for challenge. "Unique challenge" is also something we heard from the community when asking for input on this playground. The tower is sold as a complete product from playground vendors with some specific safety design and requirements, so we wouldn't be able to just add a ladder to it. That said, we'll continue to keep an eye on this playground as use develops to better assess how it is performing for the community. There may be creative ways this can be addressed if it's something that we're hearing about a lot. In the meantime, I hope you continue to enjoy the playground and that this provides a great opportunity for kids to face challenge but also to support and help one another. Thanks for taking the time to submit a report and don't hesitate to get back in touch.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=192834 Closed by Tim Street Thanks for the report. I know some of the equipment at the new Bryan Park playground is a little more challenging, and that is by design -- this is one of the few playgrounds not designed for 2-5 year olds in our system and as such affords a few more opportunities for challenge. "Unique challenge" is also something we heard from the community when asking for input on this playground. The tower is sold as a complete product from playground vendors with some specific safety design and requirements, so we wouldn't be able to just add a ladder to it. That said, we'll continue to keep an eye on this playground as use develops to better assess how it is performing for the community. There may be creative ways this can be addressed if it's something that we're hearing about a lot. In the meantime, I hope you continue to enjoy the playground and that this provides a great opportunity for kids to face challenge but also to support and help one another. Thanks for taking the time to submit a report and don't hesitate to get back in touch.

8/12/2024 11:36:24 Anonymous assigned this case to Tim Street

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=192834 Anonymous assigned this case to Tim Street You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

8/12/2024 11:36:24 Opened by Anonymous

1001 S Henderson ST

CityBloomington
StateIN
Zip47401
Latitude39.155197143555
Longitude-86.525321960449
Neighborhood AssociationBryan Park
TownshipPerry

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