Contents
8 Columns
6 Play On By Lane Lindstrom
playground magazine | Volume 12 Issue 2 | summer 2012
8 Reclaiming Your Community's Wading Pool
Features
16 Climbing Rocks, Playgrounds And Bouldering
Here's a way you can reclaim your local wading pool—turn it into a splash pad. How? Read on. By Terri Smith and Jim Redman
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20 Replace Or Retrofit? Departments
5 Calendar Of Events 24 News & Notes 29 CPSI Corner -Are We Making Playgrounds Too Safe? -CPSI Course Schedule
29 Advertiser Index
Cover Info Splash parks or spraygrounds are becoming increasingly
more popular as communities look for ways to help their residents cool off without the expense of a tradi- tional pool. That's exactly what this boy is doing at this splash park in Charlotte, NC. Photo by Lane Lindstrom
Here are five things to consider if you're trying to decide if climbing boulders are right for your park.
Retrofitting an existing playground might be a better option than outright replacing it. Here's why.
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