Public indoor playgrounds for children
Resident asks for free indoor children's play spaces across the city, especially for winter, so families who can't pay for private options have access and neighbors connect.
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The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
Public indoor children’s playgrounds (maybe like a scaled back version of the children’s museum) in various areas of the city
Who it helps and why
Many higher income households pay for access to places like little lovage, the children’s museum, or private music classes. Especially in winter, it would benefit childhood development and community interconnectedness across racial / wealth boundaries to have public playgrounds to serve as a winter equivalent of normal playgrounds in the summer. Safe, child friendly play areas (maybe with events like music classes etc)
Details
- Cycle
- 2024–25
- Submitted
- August 16, 2024
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Education, Youth & Families
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
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