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Playful City USA is a national recognition program honoring cities and towns across the nation committed to taking action for play. The application deadline for 2009 has passed. 2009 communities will be announced in July. Learn more about the program.


 
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Five communities honored with Playful City USA designation in 2009 will receive an Imagination Playground in a BOX – the innovative playground collaboration between KaBOOM! and architect David Rockwell! [More]
Imagination Playground in a BOX
   

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In San Francisco (pop. 719,077), the Neighborhood Parks Council (NPC) partnered with the city to develop ParkScan, a technology solution where users alert appropriate city departments using their mobile phones or computers to instantly make their parks better and support the day-to-day operations of San Francisco city parks and playspaces. [11 more]

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