“Let grandfather, father, and son take a walk together. Come enjoy the flowers with grandmother and mother.”
Children will enjoy adventure play equipment, adults can exercise, and grandfathers can take leisurely strolls. Three-generation family parks are being created where people from children to seniors can easily find activities to enjoy and rest together.
Suwon City is transforming children's parks into family parks, focusing on newly developed areas that lack recreational spaces.
Following the creation of two family parks in 2020 and two more last year—Ipbuk-dong Magpie Children's Park and Mangpo-dong Ssammal Children's Park—Suwon City plans to convert 7 children's parks totaling 15,000 square meters into family parks this year.
Each children's park conversion to a family park requires project costs of 2.5 to 3.5 billion won.
The parks will feature adventure play equipment to foster children's courage and creativity, toddler play facilities, fitness equipment for fathers, walking trails, and resting areas with ponds for grandfathers' generation. Recreational facilities will include pavilions and circular benches. The landscaping will feature large trees and seasonal flowers throughout the year.
Currently, a 910-square-meter family park near Neulpureun Byucksan at 523-1 Mangpo-dong, Yeongtong-gu began construction on the 26th of last month and will be completed in May.
A Suwon City official stated, “When park construction is completed in May, we plan to hold a festival with forest music to celebrate the park's opening with residents. In the future, we intend to use the family parks as outdoor nature learning sites for local kindergarten and elementary school students.”
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