At 06:27 PM 4/2/05 -0600, you wrote:
Annie Young wrote:
> Thanks to Joan for mentioning that each park has its own > different type of play equipment. I have my grandson for > a couple of weeks and guess what we do almost every day - > go to a different park - talk about the great > equipment we have been putting in the last few years.
> He loves it, so with over 60 tot lots and playgrounds seems > that is at least two months of activities - just visiting > each park and see if you can find all 178 pieces of parkland > if you need something else to do and visit,
Well there goes one vote.
Sorry to lose your vote, Michael.
I and others suggest that indoor parks and play areas are something that the Park Board should consider
Michael, I agree that an Indoor play park might be very cool! Finding the money to build it and operate and maintain it, is a more difficult problem.
and the wise and reasoned suggestion is that we could visit all 178 existing pieces of parkland in the city. Gosh, why didn't I think of that before? The first reason might be because it's been winter and those 178 pieces of parkland have been covered with snow.
I would by no means be suggesting that you visit these in the winter and certainly not in one winter.
I have been doing this job a lot of years and I keep finding places in the park system I haven't been. I was just suggesting it
as a cool game like say for the lifetime of your kid while at home... like the goal of not missing a day of school - one could have a goal to visit all the parkland.
Okay, call me a Reganite, but if you've seen one swing set you've seen them all. Well almost, but after the 40th set of playground equipment I think that the novelty will have warn off.
You haven't seen our park playlots - There are not many that replicate each other and are in different configurations and colors. Believe it or not, since we have citizen groups that help us design them they just really aren't the same anywhere.
Such a problem we should have that the novelty wears off after 40 of them. That's one a week for the weeks you can stand to be out doors.
Not bad entertainment.
Have you ever seen a swing you didn't want to swing in even if all swings look alike?
Besides the fact that I don't see the overwhelming educationally value visiting multiple playgrounds.
I have seen toddlers and others up to whatever age that learn all kinds of different ways they can use their bodies and learn about heights and balance and many things. There is nothing the matter with physical knowledge of how to make your body work better and do different things in different situations.
I will admit that this might be a beneficial activity for a Park Board member and in fact as soon as I'm elected as a write-in candidate I'll make it my goal to visit all 178.
Why wait. There is nothing special about being a Commissioner that doesn't keep every citizen from visiting every nook and cranny in our park system - there are some amazing spectacular little groovy places all over the system. And you paid for it and it is yours to enjoy.
I am elected to take care of it so I do feel the need to check it out but you are free to do so at your own free will.
Meanwhile, as a parent, I'll continue to suggest that having a large open and engaging space for my children to play during the winter might be a valuable goal for our Park System.
Again, not the worst idea.
Annie Young current and candidate, Minneapolis Park Commissioner - citywide
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