A Boundless Playground creates…
A place where children, with and without disabilities, can develop essential skills for life as they learn through play. It includes the features and amenities that address the needs of children with physical, developmental, cognitive and sensory disabilities.
The Fort Wayne Boundless Playground™ features could include:
Three circular pods of playground equipment and activity areas, which will be placed in proximity to one another and on changing elevations, with accessible ramps and walkways to and among each:
♥Alpha
Pod will provide play structures that include slides, tunnels, ramps, and a
playhouse
♥Beta
Pod will provide sand tables, a swimming boat, and a Braille panel
♥Gamma
Pod will provide structures such as a fossil dig, solar sound station with solar
powered features, and a climbing wall.
♥A
splashpad for water play; the splashpad will connect the three activity pods
like the spokes of a wheel
Safe
surfaces: mulch, natural turf, sand, and poured-in-place rubber
Four shade
structures for rest, socialization, reflection, and relaxation
A covered,
open-sided picnic pavilion w/ accessible restrooms
Landscaped
natural areas for outdoor movement and sensory stimulation
Concrete and
asphalt walkways, fully accessible by wheelchairs
An entrance
staging area for teachers or families and groups to gather and discuss the
unique nature of the playground’s experience
Access road
for vans and buses: discharge riders and turn around
Ample,
accessible parking: ample ADA-specific designated spaces
Collaborators:
Taylor’s Friendship Circle, initially a grassroots group of friends, neighbors, and family members, is the result of the energy of 13-year-old
Taylor Reuille and her Mother Kasandra Booher.
Collaborators include:
Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation
Fort Wayne Park Foundation
League for the Blind & Disabled
Turnstone Center for Children and Adults with Disabilities
20 / 30 Club of Fort Wayne
Capital Investment:
٭٭Site
Development Estimates٭٭
Excavation (44,000 sq. ft.) $55,000
Asphalt Parking (22,000 sq. ft.) $70,000
Concrete Walkways (14,000 sq. ft.) $70,000
Landscape Areas (12,000 sq. ft.) $30,000
Sanitary (200 LF) $6,000
Water (800 LF) $20,000
Electrical (1000 LF) $20,000
Retaining Walls (500 LF) $70,000
Site Subtotal =
$341,000
Architectural/Engineering Estimates:
Architectural/Engineering Fees = $30,000
Playground Development Estimates:
Alpha Pod Play Equipment
$53,000
Beta Pod Play Equipment $27,000
Gamma Pod Play Equipment $107,000
Additional Play Equipment $30,000
Poured-in-Place Rubber (8,000 sq ft) $210,000
Various Other Play Surfaces (8,000 sq. ft.) $50,000
Playground Subtotal =
$477,000
Structural Features:
Splash Pad $100,000
Restroom Building $120,000
Four Shade Structures (30’x30’ ea.) $40,000
Structural Subtotal =
$260,000
˚Contingency
fund = $200,000˚
PROJECT
TOTAL = $1,308,000