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7 Provide high-quality spaces for multigenerational play and recreation

  • Strategies
Photo: REUD Brazil

Evidence Based Strategies

  • Site and design projects to maximize access to on- and off-site high-quality parks and recreation spaces.
  • Create adaptable, multiuse spaces for community gathering, play, and social activity for all ages.
  • Accommodate diverse uses (for example, dog parks, skate parks, and picnic facilities).
  • Incorporate exercise equipment for all ages, such as outdoor elliptical machines and circuit training equipment.

Best Practice Strategies

  • Develop on-site recreation spaces that suit the project scale, from a large neighborhood park to a parklet  (which is a small, often temporary park).
  • Ensure that routes leading to new and existing parks are safe, well marked, and well lit.
  • Locate new parks and play spaces in view of busy sidewalks or streets, and incorporate appropriate lighting.
  • Provide swimming pools, where appropriate.

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Acknowledgements

The Center for Active Design served as contributing author and expert content advisor for this project.
The project was supported by the Colorado Health Foundation, the estate of Melvin Simon, and the ULI Foundation.

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