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Introducing the 2008 Playful City USA Communities!

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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] In order to keep local homeowners associations from tearing down older playgrounds, Greenbelt, Md. offered to help cover the maintenance costs in exchange for the homeowners associations to make the playgrounds open to the public. [11 more]
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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. Make your community a national role model, leading the way for play and growing the next generation of healthy and productive adults!

Learn more about the program and download a 2009 application.

Kids, adults throw some time away at new Wapello disc golf course
New Lenox park district hosts Day of Play
Yorkville honored as a good place for kids
 
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Congratulate the 2008 Playful City USA communities
Find your local playspaces
Join the Playmaker Network
Plan a Play Day
Participate in a webinar
Watch the playground build in Orlando with the National League of Cities Congress
  
 
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