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W.K. Kellogg Foundation receives national award... |
in recognition of efforts to increase recreation opportunities for people of all ages and all abilities.
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Oakland County Parks wants kids to name new playground |
Oakland County Parks is having a Playground Naming Contest.
Entrants
are asked to submit a name for the universally accessible playscape
under construction at Waterford Oaks County Park in Waterford Township.
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New bridge connects park trails |
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Two young boys watched as a large crane gently swung the 62,000 pound, 8-foot wide and 125-foot long bridge across the Chippewa River on Monday.
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A2R reviews two-years’ worth of improvements to Tiffin OH project |
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The physical park improvements and the education that has grown from
them were reviewed Thursday by an Access to Recreation representative
and members of the A2R operations committee.
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Karst Farm Playscape wins diversity award |
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Congratulations to the Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County.
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Video now available online |
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A Treehouse for Everyone: Construction of the Universally Accessible Treehouse at the Pine River Nature Center
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Accessible trail to be dedicated Saturday |
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A new accessible trail at Schekelhoff Nature Preserve is to be dedicated and opened to the public during a ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
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New structure in Mahomet is 'piering' at possibilities |
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A $197,000 fully accessible fishing pier will be dedicated at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Champaign County Forest Preserve District's newest park, the River Bend Forest Preserve south of Mahomet.
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Editorial: State park becomes more inclusive |
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Sunday, West Michigan residents can celebrate the latest expansion of one of our many parks and improvements in its accessibility.
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County’s accessible playground, splash pad to open next weekend |
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Public invited to Playscape’s grand opening celebration Aug. 1 |
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Park District of Oak Park program educates campers on different abilities |
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Campers from the Park District of Oak Park wore blindfolds to simulate blindness, played basketball in wheelchairs and competed in a hand-cycle relay in Longfellow Park July 10 as a part of the Ability Awareness Day. And despite using different senses than usual to participate in familiar activities, none of the campers were at any point considered “disabled.”
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Access to Recreation Webinar |
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Did you miss the Access to Recreation Webinar Session on Exemplar
Playground Projects? The webinar session archive, transcript and
presenter notes are now available on the National Center on
Accessibility web site. Find out more about the exemplar projects in
South Bend (IN), Circleville (OH), and Woodridge (IL).
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Community Foundation Partners with Northern Michigan Adaptive Sports for Summer Sports Day |
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Children, teens and adults with disabilities, along with their families and friends, are invited to come out and enjoy adaptive summer sports activities, including water skiing, tubing, boating, sailing, kayaking, canoeing and more. |
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Access to Recreation: Webinar Series on Exemplar Universal Design Projects |
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The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Access to Recreation grant program has provided $15 million in funding to 36 recreation projects in four Midwestern states over the last three years. Projects were selected based on their concepts for embracing universal design, opportunity to facilitate inclusion of people of all abilities and opportunity to serve as an exemplar of universal design to community planners, recreation practitioners and advocates.
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Awards for the Accessible Canoe and Kayak Launch Design |
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St. Clair County has learned that it will receive two national awards for its efforts to develop an accessible canoe and kayak launch design.
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Tracked wheelchair open trails to everyone |
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Vehicle makes outdoor recreation possible for people with limited mobility.
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Building and ribbon-cutting of the accessible tree house in St. Clair County |
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The universally accessible treehouse at the nature center is available
for public visits. The treehouse was built as part of an Access to
Recreation grant through the Community Foundation of St. Clair County.
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New park in Woodridge sets accessibility standard |
During the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Forest Glen park on Saturday Mark Trieglaff, a consultant with Wheaton-based Accessibility Consultation and Training Services, told a crowd of about 50 that the park has been identified by a national organization as a model for future park development.
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SEASPAR E.A.G.L.E.S community planting project at Forest Glen Park |
Woodridge Park District staff welcomed friends from the South East Association for Special Parks and Recreation (SEASPAR) E.A.G.L.E.S.(Enhancing Adult Growth through Lifestyle Education and Service) program to help with a community planting project this month at Forest Glen Park, 2908 Forest Glen Parkway, Woodridge.
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GT Children’s Garden Breaks Ground for New Pavilion |
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Traverse City - The Grand Traverse Area Children's Garden officially broke ground today near Hull Park for work that will bring a new, accessible pavilion and patio to their site on the Boardman Lake side of the Traverse Area District Library.
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Michigan Department of Natural Resources Access to Recreation Project Locations Announced |
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Last fall, as part of its Access to Recreation Initiative, the MDNR Parks and Recreation Division received 30 proposals from state park and recreation areas across the state and, using a special scoring system, developed a "top tier" of geographically dispersed projects that will offer unique and creative outdoor recreation opportunities for people of all abilities.
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