New Surfacing Under Play Structures?

Posted on 03. Sep, 2010 by admin3 in Featured

This fall, we’ll launch a community discussion about whether to change the surfacing underneath the two play areas.

Currently, both have fibar, an engineered wood chip specifically designed as a resilient surface for use underneath play structures. Fibar has many advantages, but one challenge is that sand from the sandboxes mixes into the fibar area, causing the fibar to become hard and matted. Eventually, it loses its resilience and begins to rot, requiring full replacement annually.

There may be new options, and we want to hear the community’s thoughts about this. There will be a meeting at the Rockridge Library in the fall, and we invite everyone to attend to see physical samples of the options, and discuss them.

There’s also a survey online, where you can tell us what you think: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FROGSurvey2010