New Playground

[judecorp]

So I never got around to talking about the really neat thing!

There is this playground near my work and it is a total disgrace. There are a couple of rusty swingsets, some messed up see-saws, and the whole thing is a mess of beach sand that is covered with trash and crab grass. It seriously is the saddest playground I've ever seen. There are hardly ever any kids there, because it's just such a mess. Sometimes there are kids on the basketball court, but whenever I see kids on those junky swings I get so sad for them.

A couple of weeks ago, I called the Mayor's Hotline and complained about the playground and its sorry state of affairs. And yesterday, when I was driving back from a home visit, I saw that there was a backhoe digging up sand, and all of the nasty swingsets had been taken down. And they were starting to install some BRAND NEW playground equipment - modern stuff in nice, bright colors! They couldn't keep working today because of the rain, but I can't wait to see what it looks like when it's all finished!

(And besides, I like to pretend that it's all from my phone call!)

Comments

[siercia]

That's awesome. I'd bet it wasn't your call that did it, but you never know =)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure it was slated to be remodeled or whatever. But I can pretend!!

[folkyboy.livejournal.com]

wow that's great that they are doing something about it! the little activist in you is working all the time! i love it :)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Eh, it's just what I do. You would have too if you saw this sad, sad park.

[gabriellag.livejournal.com]

That made me really happy. Even if it was on the agenda, maybe your call sped it up a bit.

But really, who cares. Swings and slides are a necessity for child development, don't you think?

To think that there are tons of kids who don't have that is super sad.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Definitely. And in this area, the kids already make do without a lot of things - so they should at least have nice places to play. But it always seems like it's those tucked away parks in the inner city that get refurbished last.

I can't wait to bring kids there! :)

[wednes.livejournal.com]

That is awesome!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

No no, your icon is awesome! :)

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I switched to all Halloween themed icons for the duration...

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I approve.

[thatpatti.livejournal.com]

woo! that's really cool!!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Come play in my park, Patti!

(So if Jen and I move back to Cbus and have a baby, can we come to your playgroups or will Fisher be too old?)

[smurfbrother.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

Correlation = causality! Your call made it happen!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

That's right! COMMON STATISTICAL ERROR WINS!!!!

ANOVA this, pussies!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Anything for you!

[gimmeapony.livejournal.com]

hey, they rebuilt one of the horrible ghetto playgrounds on Dot Ave around here this past summer too and it is the NICEST playground and it was so swell to see little kids out playing in it this summer.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

The Ryan playground? Yeah, it's really nice now, with it's blue fence and cute sign.

Let's go play there sometime!