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.
Comments
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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22202Do you support Arlington County funding a park improvement project in Nelly Custis Park?
Should there be a play area for 5-12 year old children?
Should there be site furnishings such as benches and trash receptacles?
Should there be a tricycle loop?
Should there be plantings for shade and beautification?
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.
Comments
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.