{"id":4437,"date":"2014-01-22T23:05:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T06:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4437"},"modified":"2014-01-22T23:05:57","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T06:05:57","slug":"stapleton-pocket-parks-to-set-up-triage-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4437","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Pocket Parks to Set Up Triage Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"park-triage-center\"<\/a>Stapleton has many wonderful pocket parks<\/a> scattered throughout the neighborhood. Most of these parks offer fun play areas for kids. Forest City has done a great job in having age-appropriate<\/a> play structures for the kids. However, no matter how safe you try to make equipment, kids will find a way to get hurt. \u201cKids will climb on things that aren\u2019t supposed to be climbed on, swing on the swings standing up, or simply push each other off the slides,\u201d said resident Tim Strassburg. \u201cSo many kids were getting injured at the pocket parks, something needed to be done.\u201d\n\nThe problem at the parks is partially supervision. \u201cWhen you go to the parks, there are plenty of parents there,\u201d said Strassburg. \u201cThe problem is that most of the parents are there socializing<\/a>, checking their email, or reading. So, they really weren\u2019t paying attention to the mischief their kids were getting into.\u201d Forest City knows that parents in Stapleton aren\u2019t about to give up their social time, but Stapleton parents also demand that their kids are safe. \u201cWhy should I have to constantly be checking on my kid when I am at the park?\u201d asked resident Stacy Porche. \u201cIf my child gets hurt, someone should be there to take care of them.\u201d\nForest City worked with the community members and the local hospitals and figured out a solution. \u201cIn conjunction with the local hospitals and community doctors and nurses, Forest City will be setting up triage centers at each of the pocket parks,\u201d said Forest City Spokesperson Janelle Ayers. \u201cResidents at the hospitals will do rotations along with doctors and nurses in the community who have been kind enough to donate their time. We think this is the kind of solution that will give parents the peace of mind that even if they are not paying attention to their kids, if an injury happens, something is in place to take care of them.\u201d\nResidents could not be more pleased with the new system. \u201cIt is great to know that when I take my kids to the park, I don\u2019t even have to feel bad about not paying attention to them,\u201d said resident Luke Schwartz. \u201cThere are professionally trained people there that can do that for me.\u201d The best part about the plan is that it will not increase HOA dues by much. \u201cBecause of all the time we are getting donated, it mostly comes down to supplies,\u201d said Ayers. \u201cSo, the annual HOA increase will be maybe $2.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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