Denver’s Playground Master Plan will be a state-of-the-art document.  DPR hired the firm of Moore, Iacofano, Goltsman (MIG), a national leader in children’s environmental design and planning, to develop the plan.  MIG brings experience and expertise in child development, landscape architecture, education and environmental psychology. 

DPR envisions Denver as a leader in providing a cohesive system of publicly funded playgrounds and setting the benchmark from which play environments are designed in the future.  No other city in the United States has developed a comprehensive master plan that focuses on the play area. This plan document will be the strategy for: the diversification of play area type; the use of the play area and surrounding neighborhood land use to promote public health and active living; and determining the role of play in child development and the City’s responsibility in ensuring that Denver is a child-friendly city.

Of the 600,000 residents living in Denver, 143,000 are children under 18 years of age. Providing quality services and facilities to Denver’s youth is a major priority for Denver Parks and Recreation – a priority that reinforces one of Mayor Hickenlooper’s five goals to make Denver a better place in which to live.

Schedule
This project will be completed in June 2008.

Funding
This project was made possible through a grant from Great Outdoors Colorado.

Project Consultant
Learn more about the consultant hired to develop the Playground Master Plan.  Visit MIG’s website at www.migcom.com

Project Contact
For additional information on the Denver Playground Master Plan,
contact Denver Parks and Recreation project manager Pam Schooley  at pam.schooley@ci.denver.co.us