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Nelly Custis Park is Getting a Facelift … Help us Develop a Plan

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What is your home zip code?

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22202.57
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2642106.00
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Do you support Arlington County funding a park improvement project in Nelly Custis Park?

Response Percent Response Count
Yes 95.8% 114
No 4.2% 5

Should there be a play area for 5-12 year old children?

Response Percent Response Count
Yes 40.5% 47
No 52.6% 61
Don't care 6.9% 8

Should there be site furnishings such as benches and trash receptacles?

Response Percent Response Count
Yes 88.8% 103
No 6.9% 8
Don't care 4.3% 5

Should there be a tricycle loop?

Response Percent Response Count
Yes 32.8% 38
No 55.2% 64
Don't care 12.1% 14

Should there be plantings for shade and beautification?

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Yes 93.0% 107
No 3.5% 4
Don't care 3.5% 4

What other elements would you like to see included in the scope of work?

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July 22, 2015, 4:00 PM
  • What is your home zip code?
    22202
  • Do you support Arlington County funding a park improvement project in Nelly Custis Park?
    • Yes
  • Should there be a play area for 5-12 year old children?
    • Yes
  • Should there be site furnishings such as benches and trash receptacles?
    • Yes
  • Should there be a tricycle loop?
    • Yes
  • Should there be plantings for shade and beautification?
    • Yes
  • What other elements would you like to see included in the scope of work?

    More climbing structures fitting for active older kids - examples would be a rock wall that moves (go to any rock climbing gym and you'll see one), mini zip line structure, fast individual spinning structures (hard to describe, but I have seen them on other parks), a tire spinning swing. Most of all, the metal structures should be shaded. We don't go to the current park now, not because it isn't good, but because in summer the temp on the slides or the swings burns my lil man's bottom and he gets skin gets burned from the sun as well.

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    Just want to remind people that if your intention is a park catered to 5-12 yr olds, then a tricycle loop is not fitting. Please remember what you did at that age - you were NOT on a tricycle. I am not against a tricycle loop, but add features just off the track to add interest to older kids - a "curb" to jump on their bike, a "grate" to bike over, or bumps to speed over, an incline and decline. That age range of 5-12 are at skateboarding/bike ramps & parks, so please remember that a tricycle loop is really boring.

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