How about something along the lines of Friends of Brown St Park? Then the group could decide on policies and priorities.<div><br></div><div>About rubber mulch, it can be pretty smelly and off-gas some pretty gnarly stuff (especially as it breaks down in the sun). I know the city playgrounds of Madison, WI are having to go back to natural woodchips at great expense after figuring out that the rubber mulch they had been using was a stinky pile of toxins.<span></span></div>
<div><br></div><div>Anna</div><div>Colonial Rd<br><br>On Monday, September 24, 2012, Frank Pari wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">So, does it make sense to put someone or a few someones in charge of overseeing the Tot Lot?<div>
<br></div><div>Also, here's a link to that rubber mulch I was talking about. It comes in color!</div><div><br></div><div>
<a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kidwise-Recycled-Rubber-Mulch/20434025" target="_blank">http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kidwise-Recycled-Rubber-Mulch/20434025</a></div><div><br clear="all">Regards,<br>Frank M. Pari<br>IT Professional<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 4:06 PM, anna highsmith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'anna@occupant.org');" target="_blank">anna@occupant.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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My four year old and her friends have played mechanic, pizza shop, restaurant, jungle, birds' nest, hot lava, and hospital in the plastic 'houses.' And that's just the ones I've heard about. I don't think you need to worry about the plastic toys stunting their capacity for imaginative play.<div>
<br></div><div>I do agree that we should somehow limit the sheer mass of plastic stuff, which seems to increase every month.<span></span><br><div><br></div><div>Anna</div><div>Colonial Rd<div><div><br><br>On Monday, September 24, 2012, wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The issue at the park is not with respect to safety. The issue is the sheer volume of large plastic structures that are being dumped there. The park is way too small to accommodate this level of junk. On a somewhat related matter, these structures and broken vehicles leave very little to the imagination. Seems that role playing and improvising would flourish more is a more organic state than amid these large pre-fabbed commercial products.<br>
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