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one corner of the room is occupied by the mast popular toy in <br />the roam, the sand table. much of the kitchen equipment - <br />pots, brooms, and cups - winds up here. When kids grow tired <br />of the sand table, they can wander a fPw u a e atheater,tha <br />make-believe corner, Which features a p pP <br />chalkboard and a storefront all in one. <br />The Play Hose is open five days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p-m- <br />All children must Yee accompanied by an adult, no admission fee is <br />charged and two parks department employees provide staffing. There <br />is a limit of 15 cnilizre~i at one tiYne and parents are ~encoura~ged to <br />call ahead to reserve an hour of play time. No fee is charged. <br />~~~~Tr NSA YORE. In Amherst, one roam of a communit3t center was <br />reserved for a play-and-leax'ning center. The room was fixed up <br />with donated caxpetinq and financial contributions. <br />Parents who use the facility are respansi.ble for cleaning and <br />staffing the center. Money was raised by the paxent group to buy <br />equipment and liability insurance. The parents discovered and used <br />various talents among them (marketing, resource development, <br />teaching, healthcare, strategic planning) to make the project a <br />success. <br />After the f7.zst year 150 families were using the center. <br />While both of these indoor playgrounds serve their communities <br />well, the attached articles show how they differ in location, <br />funding, and operation. They demonstrate the issues tohu~ varao s <br />be resoZv$d as well as different models for carrying <br />acts of the project. <br />,T,ggaES B'OR DISCUS$IcN- Listed below are same of the issues that <br />need to be addressed for an indoor playground to be established in <br />Falcon Heights. <br />II#3AaB Limited to residents or open to alt? Rge restrictions? <br />ReQervations? <br />STAFFING/HDIIRS GF OPERATIOBi Parks and Recreations Departzaent? <br />Parent volunteers? others? <br />FUNDING FOR sET UP AND ~II=SST City support' Fundraising? <br />Donations (wish list)? User fees or membership? <br />GuYDNLINSB who develops policy? Parks and Rec? Parents <br />Advisory Board? Combination? <br />LI1~IHILITY Would insurance be necessary? Are there other <br />1.ega1 issues? <br />PAIt,TidEbtBHIPS Are partnerships with the schflol systese. <br />acceptaHl~? <br />