All Learning Landscapes are comprised of grass playing fields, age-appropriate play equipment, trees, shade structures, gateways, artwork, gardens, traditional play elements and non-traditional play elements. Learning Landscapes function as local public parks providing much needed green space and social gathering places while fostering neighborhood pride for local communities. The principal value of a learning landscape is its multi-purpose nature. In an era of limited municipal resources and widespread gentrification, single-minded urban renewal projects that are forced on communities are neither viable nor sustainable solutions for community redevelopment.

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