A list of awesomely playable cities from KaBOOM!
Can you and your kids walk to a playground? If you’re in the States, you’re in a very lucky 20 per cent of the population who can. And because that statistic needs some serious work, KaBOOM has released its fifth annual list of playful cities. Is your city playful?
KaBOOM found 151 communities that have “demonstrated creative commitments to addressing the Play Deficit.”
We don’t play enough. It used to be seen as a luxury and something to be done only after all the day’s homework was completed, but we’re seeing more and more that play is essential for learning and physical activity.
Here’s what some of the Playful Cities are doing:
• In Fargo, West Fargo and Moorhead, the tri-city community is throwing a StreetsAlive! festival where city streets in all three cities get turned into playstreets.
