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Mission Statement
The Fountain Inn Treehouse Community Playground at Woodside Park will be kid-designed, community funded, and built entirely with donated funds, materials, labor and tools, all raised from local businesses, civic groups, individuals and available grant monies.

The Treehouse Playground will be a free destination for area families and tourism alike. Located adjacent to the baseball fields at Woodside Park and easily accessible from 385, the addition of the Treehouse Playground will transform the site into a true recreational faciility.

Our Design Partner
We researched several companies that specialize in community-built projects and chose Leathers & Associates, Inc. to assist us in our efforts. Leathers & Associates is a design firm from Ithaca, New York. Robert Leathers originated the community-built approach and his firm remains the leader in the community-built field. Leathers and Associates has over 30 years experience working with over 1,600 communities throughout the United States, Canada and three other countries. All of their designs meet Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) guidelines, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. We are very excited to be working with them. Visit their website at www.leathersassociates.com to see their playgrounds.

About the Site
The Fountain Inn Parks and Recreation Department, with approval by the city, donated land for this project at Woodside Park. Woodside Park is located at the corner of Shaw Street and Woodside Avenue, and currently hosts three ball fields, a picnic shelter, and a 1/4 mile walking trail. The City of Fountain Inn has also donated $75,000 in funds as seed money to start this project.

Community involvement
Community involvement is crucial to the success of our playground project. The barn-raising approach of building the structure, the grass roots fund-raising, and the involvement of our children, requires this to be a very cooperative effort. Donations, sponsors, and grants will fund the project. Volunteers will build the playground from the ground up. Our children will lead the way with their imaginations and their enthusiasm. We are currently organizing the core committees that will lead the effort. Any one interested in becoming involved with this exciting project should contact General Coordinators Ronnie Reid at 864.505.0920, Tommy Moore at 864.430.4152, or visit our contact or volunteer pages.