Project Name: Owen's Playground at Hillcrest Elementary, 1435 Jefferson Ave, Downers Grove, IL 60516
User Capacity:
Designed for Children Ages: 5-12
Funds Raised: $600,000
Opened: August 2016
- Number of play events:
- Featured play events include:
- Connected structures so children can play with a group of peers
- More climbing structures
- A special Relaxation Station where they can read a book or have classes outdoors
- Equipment that offers sensory and vestibular input and allows all children to play, regardless of their ability
- Structures that adapt to a wheelchair or walker
- Recycled rubber instead of wood chips
- Wide double ramps to connect structures
- ?Buddy Benches? where students know to include children sitting alone at the bench
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Media Coverage
- Watch WGN News segment on the grand opening of Owen?s Playground at Hillcrest Elementary in Downers Grove, Illinois.
- Watch BCI Burke?s feature on the importance of inclusion and creating accessible playgrounds.
- Suburban Life, May 28, 2014: Downers Grove mom crowdfunds for inclusive Hillcrest playground by Ed McMenamin