ADA Committee Aims to Make Berdan Grove Barrier-Free
The committee is hoping to finance the project with a mix of county grant funding and private donations.
Berdan Grove has replaced the former Walsh Pool area as the ADA Committee's preferred spot for a barrier-free playground due to its more central location and convenient parking lot set up. The committee is expected to present its playground plans to council and seek approval for the project at an upcoming council work session. ADA Committee co-chair Marianne Pettineo said the barrier-free model is ideal for families with multiple children of varying abilities. “The whole beauty of a barrier-free playground is that it allows children of different levels of physical ability to play side-by-side,” she said. "For a family with two or three kids, one of whom has special needs, they can spend the day at the playground with each child …
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Chris Antonelli
11:57 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012
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