The Future of Elmhurst Parks and Wilder Park Playground
It is as suprising to you as it is to me that I suddenly care about the playground equipment at my local parks, but I really do! And, that's why this story about how Elmhurst is thinking about rehabbing some play areas in the Tribune (and Trib Local) grabbed my interest - which is where, incidentally, I grabbed this photo from Specifically, they're interested in getting feedback on the playground equipment at Wilder Park (and the park layout in general) - which is the most centrally-located park and the largest one that is close to our downtown. They're thinking pretty big on some issues, but also working on some specific quality-of-life details like they are already considering a rubberized surface instead of the current wood chips (nice!). Of special note to me is that they're using Google Docs as the host for their public presentation and YouTube to host the ir videos of the Wilder Park site . Nice use of the Cloud, Elmhurst Park District! The full deck f