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