New Playground Plans at Mitchell Park Emerge After 'Design Day'
What's considered child's play is also a huge assignment for the adults to organize, coordinate and execute a 9,000-square-foot playground near the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center.
"This is absolutely the top funnest thing I've ever done," said designer Jane Holman, who has been assigned the task of taking children's imagination and making it something to play on. Holman works with Leathers and Associates, a firm that does nothing but create custom playgrounds for communities. She said the playground design for Mitchell Park she unveiled on Tuesday at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts will be "community-built with a little help from me." The process began about two weeks ago in Brookfield elementary schools, with student committees designing what they'd like to see in their dream playground, according to Brookfield Junior Woman's Club member Jenni Jones. The club decided to host the Design Day on Wednesday …
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