The Topsfield Playground Committee (TPC) is organized for the charitable and educational purposes of raising funds to provide fun, safe, accessible, and physically challenging play areas for the community of Topsfield, Massachusetts.
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The New Grove Street Park
One of the new playgrounds is on the property of the Proctor Elementary School. This part of our project was completed in October 2009, a full 6 months ahead of schedule! The previous structure had been closed to students during school hours since September 2008 due to safety concerns. The second project was to replace the existing “Tot Lot”, adjacent to the school, with a new Community Park -
Support Our Vendors
Our projects will not succeed without the support of our vendors. Please give them your support in return for what they are doing for our community!
John Cowhig, Jen LaRussa, Emily & Tim Collins at Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 10.29.09
Grove Street Park
The new Grove Street Park opened October 26, 2010. TPC wishes to again express our deepest gratitude to John Cowhig (Hands for Hire owner) for all his help. Without him, this would not have been possible. We also wish to thank the Topsfield Fire Department for cleaning up the new play structures so they would be shiny clean and ready for the kids! (pic below)
What’s New?
The Topsfield Playground Committee (TPC) is raising funds to replace and relocate
the Steward playground. Our initial plan was to do this “at some point down the
road”, however, during the 2011-
v Several children were stung by bees on the playground the first day of school this year.
v Bee infestation is a constant battle due to the wood structures, plastic roofs, and holes in the metal structures.
v The playground is often closed during the school year, sometimes for weeks at a
time, due to the run-
v Several elements of the playground are permanently closed including two of the
eight swings due to excessive rusting and the zip-
v Three of the five structures have areas that are either permanently closed due to aging and/or safety concerns or are temporarily closed yearly due to bees.
v All of the aged wood structures have problems with protruding nails.
v The old equipment, small fall zones, and lack of adequate safety surfacing are not in compliance with current safety codes.
Going forth, TPC will be finalizing the new playground design and working hard to meet our goal of $120k by end of June, when we will have to place our equipment order. If we fall short of the total, we will still plan a Fall 2012 Phase I install of swings and/or some part of the main play structure. We will work closely with the school and our equipment vendor to determine how best to split the project. We are, however, hopeful we will be able to install the whole structure, so please keep those donations coming!
Steward 2012 Walk-
The Topsfield Playground Committee held a successful walk-
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The Steward Project has raised $85,000. Our goal is to raise the full $120,000 by end of June 2012 for a Fall 2012 installation. Please help us meet our goal!
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We also need “in-
Hey neighbor, got a tractor I can borrow?
As we plan for a Fall 2012 install, whether it is the complete play structure or
a Phase I install, we are looking for “in-
v Demolition of old equipment, including concrete footings, metal and wooden structures, and existing timber play area borders;
v Bobcat/Grading of old equipment areas to leave smooth & ready for planting grass;
v Bobcat/Grading for new play areas;
v Post hole auger for new equipment footings;
v Landscape Timber construction for new play area borders.
Please contact Glen Gollrad at topsfieldplayground@gmail.com if you can help out!
