Playgrounds & Parks 

Playgrounds, Parks & More

   Playgrounds   

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Blast Off!!

   City of  Hastings   

   City of Plymouth   

   City of Champlin   

WHY IMPROVE PARKS AND OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES?

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Parks provide intrinsic environmental, aesthetic, and recreation benefits to our cities. They are also a source of positive economic benefits. They enhance property values, increase municipal revenue, bring in home buyers and workers, and attract retirees. 

   Creative Kids Academy   

   St. Patrick School   

       Parks        

   Patina Work  

   Delasalle High School   

WHY IMPROVE PARKS AND OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES?

COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION

Parks are complex elements of a city. They can serve scores of different uses, may be specialized in their function, or can simply provide visual appeal for residents. However they work, they act to define the shape and feel of a city and its neighborhoods. They also function as a conscious tool  for revitalization.

   St. Patrick School   

     And More    

We Paint Flag Poles

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   Transformers  

   Diving Board Base   

   Monuments   

 Carlson Towers Bridge 

   Parking Lot Lights   

WHY IMPROVE PARKS AND OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES?

CREATE SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS

For those concerned that green spaces may foster crime and illegal activity, evidence now exists that the opposite may be true. When adjacent to residential areas, green spaces have been shown to create neighborhoods with fewer violent and property crimes and where neighbors tend to support and protect one another. The factors that explain these findings emphasize the importance of greenery in community and personal wellness.

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

Just as growing communities need to upgrade and expand their built infrastructure of roads, sewers, and utilities, they also need to upgrade and expand their green infrastructure, the interconnected system of green spaces that conserves natural ecosystem values and functions, sustains clear air and water, and provides a wide array of benefits to people and wildlife. Green infrastructure is a community's natural life support system, the ecological framework needed for environmental and economic sustainability.