By Endia Fontanez | AZBigMedia
Parks have long been a symbol of many things: fun, youth, memories and friendships, but Valley park developers are helping them become more of a fixture in the community through additional features like splash pads, courts, fields and even large lakes for fishing.
Arizona is experiencing a rising trend for recreational parks to include a wide variety of features with the goal of delivering a facility that will adequately serve as many people as possible. Parks throughout the state, and especially in the East Valley, are doing this through incorporating multi-functional use into the way new parks are designed.
Queen Creek’s Mansel Carter Oasis Park, in particular, strives to focus on inclusivity for all its local residents that visit the park. Adam Robinson, recreation manager for the Town of Queen Creek, said that through its design, the Mansel Carter Oasis Park has followed the industry trend to navigate away from the idea that most people have in mind for a “classic” park aimed only toward families with small children and youth athletes, instead choosing to incorporate a “new wave of improvements” that provide spaces for the whole family to get together.
