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The new accessible South Jersey Field of Dreams playground at Hackett Park within the Jonathan Pitney Recreation Complex in Absecon, New Jersey, is a dream come true for hundreds of hard-working volunteers, family members, and special needs athletes. Created in 2003, the South Jersey Field of Dreams (SJFOD) baseball league [...]

Q&A: An Interview with Maura Hawkins Principal, Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School GR: Why was it important to build a new playground? Maura: Delta is a historically Welsh town surrounded by a very rural community. Many of our students live within walking distance from the school and unfortunately we’d nothing to [...]

Typical with Landscape Structures’ products across the board, the difference is in the details. ProShield finish is a smart combination of beauty and brawn: so tough, it substantially increases the durability of LSI products. What it’s made of: ProShield is a combination of a specially formulated zinc rich epoxy primer [...]

A long-standing community icon of Freedom Memorial Park in Millersville Borough recently enjoyed a rebirth and dedication in September. Borough Manager Ed Arnold re-dedicated the new Rutter Gazebo to Worthington J. & Martha Rutter, a prominent family with ties to the community over several generations. [...]

City of York’s Penn Park celebrated its largest renovation to date with the help of numerous community groups and the children who play there every day. This 15-acre park is located in the heart of York, PA. Rich in military history, it served as the location of a Revolutionary War [...]

A Q&A with Stacy Lewis, Executive Director of Luthercare for Kids Luthercare for Kids recently celebrated the launch of a new playground at its Reamstown Early Learning Center. This organization provides year-round care and early learning services to help support working families or those pursuing education. They have a team [...]

Plenty of activities means plenty of fun on Smart Play: Cube 2-5! While this playstructure welcomes 2- to 5-year-olds for play, we recognize that there are huge developmental differences between 2-year-olds and 5-year-olds. That’s why we designed Smart Play: Cube to specifically meet the needs of kids ages 2 to [...]

The TopsyTurny Spinner provides a fun way for kids to gain the valuable spinning motion they need for healthy development and growth. It accommodates a large number of kids on the platform, between cables, and on the ground so that friends can play together. Spinning fast or casually rotating, the [...]

New Online Guide From General Recreation, Inc. – Community Build Playgrounds Since we have been quietly guiding clients through the community build process for the apst 20 years, we thought it was time to share our committment to the process. We have launched a completely separate website dedicated soley to [...]

Rock Climbing Reaches New Heights with The Canyon Collection! Rocks are no longer a stand-alone product off to the side of the playground. The Canyon Collection™ integrates with PlayBooster® playstructures to deliver a continuous play experience that’s both physical and imaginative. [...]