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Children's Nature Exploration Area

Status
Funded in 2009
WWRP Applicant: Tacoma MPD WWRP Category: Local Parks WWRP Grant: $350,000 Applicant Match: $456,476 Project Type: Development County: Pierce  Legislative District: 27th 

The Tacoma Metropolitan Park District will use this grant to create a unique nature-themed playground at the Tacoma Nature Center. The nature center serves a regional audience with more than 65,000 visitors annually. The playground, being called the Children's Nature Exploration Area, will serve children ages 2-12. It will provide a wide variety of play elements, all designed to mimic the natural environment. Elements will include a water feature and stream, Tree House, Boulder Scramble, Drumlin Slide, Snag Climb, Bridges and Log Crossing. The playground will not only serve the children from the surrounding neighborhood where there is a deficiency of playgrounds but will also give Nature Center visitors an opportunity to burn off some extra energy playing, before settling down to participate in the center’s many environmental education programs. The park district will contribute $456,476 in voter-approved bonds and cash donations. (08-1094)

RCO Project Number: 08-1094

Location

1919 S. Tyler Street, Tacoma, WA 98405 Take Interstate 5 to State Route 16 west to S. 19th Street East, turn right onto Tyler Street, and immediately turn left into the parking lot of the Tacoma Nature Center.

Red Marker Children's Nature Exploration Area
The Tacoma Metropolitan Park District will use this grant to create a unique nature-themed playground at the Tacoma Nature Center. The nature center serves a regional audience with more than 65,000 visitors annually. The playground, being called the Children's Nature Exploration Area, will serve children ages 2-12. It will provide a wide variety of play elements, all designed to mimic the natural environment. Elements will include a water feature and stream, Tree House, Boulder Scramble, Drumlin Slide, Snag Climb, Bridges and Log Crossing. The playground will not only serve the children from the surrounding neighborhood where there is a deficiency of playgrounds but will also give Nature Center visitors an opportunity to burn off some extra energy playing, before settling down to participate in the center’s many environmental education programs. The park district will contribute $456,476 in voter-approved bonds and cash donations. (08-1094)
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What is the WWRP?

The Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) is a state grant program that creates and conserves local and state parks, wildlife habitat and working farms. The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office administers WWRP grants, and the legislature funds the program.

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