Play Blog

Play Blog

The Play Blog is where we highlight the latest innovations in the commercial play and recreation space. Check here for industry news.

Playground Slide Safety
A recent article from “The Well Column” in the New York Times gained lots of attention from parents, grandparents and caregivers. The article, “A Surprising Risk for Toddlers on Playground Slides,” discussed the instances of toddlers and young children with broken legs as a result of riding down a playground [...]
The Backyard Success: Where Collaboration Meets Opportunity
Our eyes must be opened to see a world that often fails to accommodate the disabled,” says Chris Kaag, Founder and Executive Director of the Wyomissing-based IM ABLE Foundation. IM ABLE promotes physical and mental activities and funds adaptive equipment grants for children with disabilities. Chris believes that playgrounds should [...]
High School Students Build Playground for Mantua Township Elementary School
Twenty-one students from the Gloucester County Institute of Technology’s (GCIT) construction technology program worked diligently to assemble a new playground for the students at J. Mason Tomlin Elementary School (JMT) over two days in August. According to Dan Roskiewich, welding instructor and construction trades coordinator at GCIT, the district requested [...]
Bear Creek Intermediate School Builds Playground With Students’ Help
The 960 students at Bear Creek Intermediate School in Elizabethtown, PA, were faced with a big decision last school year: they had the opportunity to vote on two new playground concepts for their school. [...]
Cape May Coast Guard Recruits Build Playground for Local School
Students that attend the Cape May City Elementary School arrived in September to find a brand new playground designed for the younger children. More than 20 recruits and enlisted personnel from Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May arrived at the school August 22nd and 23rd to assemble newly purchased [...]
GaGa Ball Pits: Go Ga-Ga for Children's Health and Play
In a time when our country is facing a childhood obesity crisis, care givers need to continuously find ways to keep children physically active. Many schools and camps are looking for fun activities that keep children of all ages and abilities moving. The game’s growing popularity is due to its [...]

General Recreation, Inc. and Landscape Structures introduce “Freestyling Fun,” a design concept for new and existing customers that celebrates the power of unscripted play and improvisation. Clients can now combine Landscape Structures’ popular PlayBooster® system along with the innovative play components of the EvosTM system, without the use of decks [...]

An Interview with Executive Director Christine Anderton s.jpg" alt="lsi locust street all volunteers" width="771" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1020" /> Christine: Because of the dedication towards the project from the Borough of Fleetwood Township, PA. In an effort to bring another park project to fruition, the Friends of Fleetwood Playground, Inc., a [...]

NetPlex from Landscape Structures allows kids to venture beyond their expected boundaries, into a maze of flexible platforms and climbing webs where there’s no designated way to play. They can fabricate their own play paths through a complex of multiple net levels. They will climb to the top, swing from [...]

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