Major updates to The Commons’ indoor James A. Henderson Playground are underway, and the goal is to finish in March.
Commons manager Shanda Sasse said that PLAYTIME LLC, the main contractor hired for work on playground improvements, began work on the week of Dec. 7. She said they’re “making great progress” and will finish the “demo portion” of the work by the end of the year.
“The design of the playground is going to have different elements to it, so there are some things that need to be removed, and then there will be new flooring as well,” she explained. “So the pour-in-place flooring is being pulled up, and then there will be new pour-in-place flooring that will be installed in the new year.”
Parks director of business services Pam Harrell said that PLAYTIME is also doing measurements so that they can begin building off-site.
PLAYTIME isn’t the only company who has been involved with the playground updates. Sasse said that Luckey LLC did maintenance work on the Luckey Climber in September.
“They were here for 30 days, and they completely recabled the Luckey Climber, and then they also redid the platform that you climb up and down on,” she said.
Harrell said that they’re also working with a vendor to get information and quotes about lighting work for the project, which will be done “in unison with all of the other aspects of the playground.”
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