So you’re building a new playground for an elementary school? You’ve come to the right place!
General Recreation Inc. has been designing and building innovative, accessible playground structures for elementary schools since 1973. Created with safety standards, emotional development, and robust physical activity in mind, Gen Rec designs great playgrounds where children learn how to strengthen their abilities in an age-group-appropriate setting while they have fun and explore their world, socializing with other kids.
School playgrounds are where lifetime friendships get started. So let’s get started customizing the design of your school’s play equipment – because the sooner we finish that brand new play area, the sooner those children can realize the many benefits of pure, unadulterated play.
Here’s a phrase you hear a lot from companies of all kinds: We’re with you every step of the way.
Well, sorry for being unoriginal – but that’s exactly what General Recreation promises: Complete guidance from blueprint plan to grand opening.
Just to list some of the services we provide during the process of creating a brand new school playground:
Evaluating the site (terrain, soil, topology, etc.)
Planning and designing the playground (sometimes with 3-D renderings), ensuring ADA-compliant accessibility
Formulating a budget
Connecting schools and communities with grant resources
Shopping for and purchasing the playground equipment
Organizing the community for a joint-build
Hiring a quality local installation expert
We call it our Sandbox. Great ideas start in the Sandbox – it’s where dream playgrounds become reality. Let’s schedule a “play date” for a Gen Rec consultant to visit your site and begin the process of creating an attractive, endlessly fun play space for your neighborhood school.
No one ever wants to live through that nightmare scenario: A kid is having a great time at the playground, laughing and socializing while getting in plenty of physical activity . . . and suddenly, one off-balance slip and down they go.
Did you know that approximately 70% of all playground injuries are caused by falls to the underlying surface? Bumps and bruises may be part of life growing up, but broken bones are no fun at all. Safety always comes first whenever General Recreation designs a new school play area, because children learn best when they can play in a safe, protective space.
Gen Rec offers a variety of safety surfacing options to protect our kids while they play. These options include bonded rubber tiles, poured-in-place rubber, loose-fill rubber mulch, engineered wood fiber, and synthetic turf.
The type of safety surface that’s right for your project depends on various factors, such as the height of your school playground equipment, the color and appearance within the environment, and the shock absorbency of the material. Your Gen Rec consultant will have all the details and a solid recommendation for which surface you should choose.
Nothing’s more important than the safety and well-being of elementary school students. Let’s create an innovative schoolyard playground in your community that’s as safe as it is fun.
Maybe you’ve never worked with a playground equipment company before. Maybe you have, but you’ve never worked with General Recreation before.
Well, maybe it’s time to check out what other Gen Rec customers have to say.
We’ve been fortunate that so many previous customers of General Recreation, Inc., have posted amazing five-star reviews about their experience with our services. Some of the things they’ve said:
“It was easy to work with Gen Rec. Design updates, cost requests, and other information came to us easily.”
“They were professional and fun – an awesome combination.”
“I always enjoy working with Gen Rec. They helped to keep things moving smoothly and were very accommodating throughout a process that included several design changes.”
“Every step of the way, Gen Rec’s been there to answer our questions. We can count on them to be honest, open and on-site. It’s a load off my mind to know they can handle everything.”
“We really appreciated the field testing and seeing how everything worked together.”
“They were able to take the vision in my head and make it real.”
“Gen Rec’s support staff and customer service is unbelievable. The installation was easy and smooth, and their ability and knowledge of the playground and park world is just awesome.”
“The Locust Street Playground [Reading PA] community-build was better than we imagined! We had just shy of 300 community members come out. It was one of the biggest projects we’ve done.”
“General Recreation included all the playful and thoughtful design details that other designers didn’t. It really stood out to us and tied the playground into the natural surroundings.”
“Thank you so much for everything! The playground looks fantastic and we are so happy! You displayed great patience and flexibility on this project and you made my job so much easier.”
When you need commercial playground equipment for a school in Pennsylvania, Delaware, or New Jersey, it pays to work with General Recreation, Inc. – and we have the five-star reviews to prove it!
Thanks to all Gen Rec customers who’ve chosen to post rave reviews about us online. Hopefully you’ll do the same when our team does an amazing job turning that open space into a fantastic, fun new playground!
Headquartered in Newtown Square in eastern Pennsylvania since 1973, General Recreation has built a sterling reputation by selling, designing, and helping install school playground equipment that 1) invites children of all ages and abilities to participate, 2) lasts for decades, and 3) helps kids develop motor, emotional, and social skills that’ll serve them well as they grow up.
We work closely with schools, communities, private landowners, and a range of other stakeholders throughout our service area, which includes the states of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania – from Erie PA to Edison NJ, from Rehoboth Beach DE to State College PA, from Newark DE to Newark NJ.
So wherever you are in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, it’s a smart move to put Gen Rec on your home team for the design and installation of quality commercial playground equipment for local schools.
It’s easy to begin the process of bringing state-of-the-art, high-quality playground equipment to an elementary school in your area. Just give General Recreation a call or snap us a message!
Here’s how to reach our team:
Give us a call at phone number 1-800-726-4793
Fax us at 610-353-5161
Email us at e-mail address sales@gen-rec.com
Find us on Facebook @GeneralRecreation
Send us a message using the contact form at GeneralRecreationinc.com/come-play-with-us
Safe, reliable, durable, inviting, colorful, and fun. That’s part of what you’ll get when you work with General Recreation, Inc., to create a custom-designed school playground for the kids of your community. Begin the next school year with an amazing new feature for the students to enjoy – the parents and teachers of the community will thank you!
Looking for expertise on commercial playground equipment for a school playground? You’re looking for General Recreation, Inc. – and you found us!
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