Bringing Inclusive Play To Dothan, Alabama Getting Around in Ghana New Swing Standards Released Surfacing Accessible Routes, Surfaces Playground Surfacing Research Articles in This Issue Safety Are Today's Playgrounds Too Safe? There have been a handful of stories floating around as of late claiming that today’s playgrounds are “too safe.”Let’s just assume for a moment that that claim… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Lane Lindstrom Inclusion Playground Accessible Routes and Synthetic Surfaces Owners of playgrounds have been aware of the need to meet the ADA for decades, and consultants, suppliers, and those responsible for developing the procurement… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Rolf Huber Inclusion Whirl Project There is an incredible amount of good that goes on in the world of play all over the world. We’ve been following Empower Playgrounds’ efforts in the African… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine Inspection Dothan, Alabama's Miracle League Playground Kim Meeker, a past assistant director of Dothan Leisure Services in Dothan, AL, for over 2 decades, still possesses a sense of wonderment in discovering and… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Jack Klobucar Maintenance Snow-Free Playgrounds Kids playing on a playground in the dead of winter in a mountain town which gets an average of 166 inches of snow—that’s nearly 14 feet, by the way—every… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine Surfacing Hidden Playground Surfacing Hazards We have all heard stories of nails being intentionally placed under the surface of sand in the playground, and I am sure most maintenance crews have… Updated Mar 2, 2026 David Spease Inclusion Accessibility Requirements Of Playgrounds ASTM F1487, the Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use, has gone through numerous revisions since it was… Updated Mar 2, 2026 David Spease
Safety Are Today's Playgrounds Too Safe? There have been a handful of stories floating around as of late claiming that today’s playgrounds are “too safe.”Let’s just assume for a moment that that claim… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Lane Lindstrom
Inclusion Playground Accessible Routes and Synthetic Surfaces Owners of playgrounds have been aware of the need to meet the ADA for decades, and consultants, suppliers, and those responsible for developing the procurement… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Rolf Huber
Inclusion Whirl Project There is an incredible amount of good that goes on in the world of play all over the world. We’ve been following Empower Playgrounds’ efforts in the African… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine
Inspection Dothan, Alabama's Miracle League Playground Kim Meeker, a past assistant director of Dothan Leisure Services in Dothan, AL, for over 2 decades, still possesses a sense of wonderment in discovering and… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Jack Klobucar
Maintenance Snow-Free Playgrounds Kids playing on a playground in the dead of winter in a mountain town which gets an average of 166 inches of snow—that’s nearly 14 feet, by the way—every… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Surfacing Hidden Playground Surfacing Hazards We have all heard stories of nails being intentionally placed under the surface of sand in the playground, and I am sure most maintenance crews have… Updated Mar 2, 2026 David Spease
Inclusion Accessibility Requirements Of Playgrounds ASTM F1487, the Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use, has gone through numerous revisions since it was… Updated Mar 2, 2026 David Spease
