Check out this article by Jonah Lehrer published in the Boston Globe, January 02, 2009.
How The City Hurts Your Brain...And What You Can Do About It
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Parks and Recreation Director's Report
Parks and Recreation Division
Director's Report
March 2009
Park Development
Wilson/Carmel/Ruff Master Plan - Phase I is currently scheduled to include the entry drive with parking, entry monument signage, duck pond, small pavilion, amphitheater with restrooms and grass seating for 1500 persons, inclusive accessible playground, interpretive nature signage, picnic pavillion, additional landscaping and soft surface foot trails, and an eight foot wide concrete multi-use trail connection east-west to both established athletic park areas. Phase I plans and specifications are tentatively scheduled to be completed by September 2009.
Cleanup of Wilson/Carmel/Ruff tracts and western portions of Bakersfield Park - the Town Council awarded the contract for the abatement, demolition, and site cleanup on March 2. Work should begin in March and be completed by the end of April.
Director's Report
March 2009
Park Development
Wilson/Carmel/Ruff Master Plan - Phase I is currently scheduled to include the entry drive with parking, entry monument signage, duck pond, small pavilion, amphitheater with restrooms and grass seating for 1500 persons, inclusive accessible playground, interpretive nature signage, picnic pavillion, additional landscaping and soft surface foot trails, and an eight foot wide concrete multi-use trail connection east-west to both established athletic park areas. Phase I plans and specifications are tentatively scheduled to be completed by September 2009.
Cleanup of Wilson/Carmel/Ruff tracts and western portions of Bakersfield Park - the Town Council awarded the contract for the abatement, demolition, and site cleanup on March 2. Work should begin in March and be completed by the end of April.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Examples of Educational Stations
Here are some pictures that I've taken on various trips to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. There is a boardwalk there that is a real delight to walk. It is filled with educational stations about animals, birds, and plant life. These are exactly what I envision the town using the $5,000 grant money on for the playground on the WCR tract. They are colorful and interactive and a great way for kids to learn about their environment.
This station has buttons that you can press to hear a bird's song. Try to guess the bird and then lift the flap to find the answer!
This station defines an insect then shows picture of various insects, spiders, and worms. You guess whether the picture is of an insect and lift the flap to see if you are correct.
This station has flaps with pictures of an animals track. You lift the flap to learn the name and see a picture of that animal.
This station is flap with a picture of a bird nest and a sample egg underneath the picure. The person tries to guess what type of bird the nest and egg belongs to. The answer is under the flap and consists of the name of the bird but also a picture.
The Log Hotel has cut outs in a manufactured tree. Children can peek into the holes and see various critters that might live in an old tree stump.
This station has buttons that you can press to hear a bird's song. Try to guess the bird and then lift the flap to find the answer!
This station defines an insect then shows picture of various insects, spiders, and worms. You guess whether the picture is of an insect and lift the flap to see if you are correct.
This station has flaps with pictures of an animals track. You lift the flap to learn the name and see a picture of that animal.
This station is flap with a picture of a bird nest and a sample egg underneath the picure. The person tries to guess what type of bird the nest and egg belongs to. The answer is under the flap and consists of the name of the bird but also a picture.
The Log Hotel has cut outs in a manufactured tree. Children can peek into the holes and see various critters that might live in an old tree stump.
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