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General Site Solutions

2017 IPL Mayor’s Lunch for Parks Celebrates 15 Years

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Recreation inSites is proud to be a part of the Indianapolis IPL Mayor’s Luncheon for 2017. It is a great event for a great mission. We even set up some playground equipment from KOMPAN!

Here is some additional information about the event:

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In 2017, the Indianapolis Parks Foundation will celebrate 25 years of building, maintaining, and securing funding to provide quality programs in our city’s parks, trails, greenways, and public spaces. For 15 years, the IPL Mayor’s Lunch for Parks has served as our primary fundraising event, raising nearly $3 million to support our mission. On Wednesday, March 15, join the Parks Foundation, Mayor Hogsett, and hundreds of community and business leaders as we celebrate our past and look forward to our future.

Please call or email Jenny Burrough to learn more about becoming a sponsor or partner of the Indianapolis Parks Foundation.

Jenny Burrough
Vice President, Development and PR
[email protected]
317-860-3253

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Check out the new product catalogs for 2017 below, or find out about the full line of KOMPAN Playground products by contacting Melissa Guffey (Indiana) or Randee Norris (Kentucky) for more information!

You can view all of KOMPAN’s catalog here, or click the catalogs below to get some ideas!

KOMPAN Product Overview 2017       KOMPAN Main Catalog 2017

 

 

General Site Solutions

IPRA Conference 2017: Hello From Chicago!!!

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Recreation inSites is in the Windy City for the IPRA Conference! We’re having a great time and proud to be displaying the amazing playground product lines we offer from KOMPAN as well as the variety of surfacing options.

Stop by our booth and talk with Melissa Guffey!

 

To find out about the full line of KOMPAN Playground products, contact Melissa Guffey (Indiana) or Randee Norris (Kentucky) for more information!

You can view all of KOMPAN’s catalog here, or click the catalogs below to get some ideas!

Kompan Product Overview 2016     Screenshot 2016-01-22 09.44.59

General Site Solutions, Playground Solutions

Huge Fall Savings On Playground Equipment From KOMPAN

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KOMPAN Presents a Limited Time Offer…for Unlimited Play!
Kompan playground equipment has huge Fall deals on their most popular and innovative products, and you can get them through Recreation inSites! But you have to act fast, orders MUST be received by MIDNIGHT 10/31/2014!!! Take advantage now on savings of more than 25% on Climbing Systems, Domes, Supernovas & Spinners, and even the revolutionary Smart Playground with free shipping on select items.

For sales and other information about these amazing deals, contact Melissa Guffey, RN, CPSI, Principal at 317.201.7056 or email Melissa here!

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General Site Solutions, Playground Solutions

KOMPAN’s “Smart Playground” Offered By Recreation inSites!

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education-graphisThe SMART PLAYGROUND, KOMPAN’s latest innovative playground offering, is revolutionizing outdoor play for children. Now children are able to interact with playground equipment created around familiar fairy tales like The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, and The Tinderbox. These stories are combined with age-appropriate physical challenges and a full digital package of virtual games supporting learning, edutainment and fun.

For sales and other information about SMART PLAYGROUND, contact Melissa Guffey, RN, CPSI, Principal at 317.201.7056 or email Melissa here!

 

General Site Solutions, Site Furnishings

Watching The World Cup? Get Comfy On A Nomen Bench!!!

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At Recreation inSites, we love outdoor play. And nothing brings the entire globe together in outdoor play like the World Cup. The World Cup’s host country, Brazil, is going “Cup Crazy” and they are running ads promoting their team.

The video below features two fans speaking passionately about the coming games. And if you look closely, you’ll notice that they are seated on the sharp, clean, comfortable design of the NOMEN FLUG bench that Recreation inSites is proud to include as a product offering!

The Flug bench was designed as a versatile yet stylish modular bench system, and has a variety of uses for areas with high turnover of people like airports, bus stops, banks, train and subway stations, clinics, hospitals, diagnostic and general service companies. This beautiful modular metal bench system offers benefits for corporate and as well as urban furniture applications.

Sport fans will watch sports anywhere. From airports and train stations, to hotel and building lobbies, make your guests comfortable, and make your space look great! Check out Recreation inSites to see our full line of NOMEN benches, waste bins, and accessories or contact Melissa Guffey at 317.201.7056 to find out more…and make your guests comfortable!

 

General Site Solutions, Surfacing Solutions

What Surface Is Right For Your Playground?

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You’ve decided on the equipment you want on your playground, but have you thought about what surface you’d like? Luckily there are a variety of surfacing options to choose from that are designed for safety, durability, and most of all, FUN! From artificial turf to safety tiles, you can pick the surface that’s right for your project. Or, if you’re not sure, let the design experts at Recreation inSites help you decide! Click on any of our surfacing suppliers below to find out more.

VITRITURF – Playground safety surfacing

GREENSOFT – Engineered wood fiber

EASY TURF – Artificial grass and putting greens

PLAYGUARD – Playground safety tilesSurfacingOptions

General Site Solutions, Playground Solutions

Summer Is Almost Here! Is Your Playground Ready?

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The sun is shining, the weather is getting warmer, and kids are ready to get out and play! Is your playground site ready for them? If not, let Recreation inSites help you create the perfect playground for your community. From slides to swings, from water cannons to dumping buckets, we can create a dynamic interactive playground for kids from 1 to 100. Just watch these videos from KOMPAN and Waterplay and tell us this doesn’t look like a blast!!! Contact Melissa Guffey today and get your playground ready for Summer!

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General Site Solutions, Playground Solutions, Site Furnishings, Surfacing Solutions

Recreation inSites Adds Playground Installation & Playground Safety Inspection Services For Indiana and Kentucky!

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MelissahardhatRecreation inSites announces the expansion of our services to include playground installation and playground safety inspections making us a full-service company for your outdoor playground and recreation needs!

From individual play components to entire playgrounds, our installation team will turn the playground of your dreams into reality. We will work closely with your project team and your selected manufacturer to ensure that your playground is installed according to your manufacturer’s specifications and the CPSI Safety standards. Through efficiency, communication, and a team approach, Recreation inSites will deliver a successful project.

Additionally, if you need a safety inspection done on your playground, Recreation inSites can help. We can have one of our CPSI Certified representatives conduct a thorough safety inspection of your site.

Call Chad Edwards, CPSI, Sr. Director of Project Management, at 317.578.0588 or email him at [email protected] to hear more about our installation and safety inspection process.

For sales and other inquiries, contact Melissa Guffey, RN, CPSI, Principal at 317.201.7056 or email her here!

General Site Solutions

KOMPAN Creates Playground-Interactive Mobile Apps!

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One of the reasons Recreation inSites offers KOMPAN products is because they are consistently on the cutting-edge of playground equipment. Their new Smart Playground “Hans Christian Andersen” product line is the first of its kind to offer an interactive learning experience by connecting the playground equipment with mobile devices to tell stories like “The Little Mermaid” simply by downloading their FREE apps!!!

Here’s more information on this revolutionary product line:

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PLAY SMART – The next generation playgroundkompansmartplayground

The fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen – The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Tinderbox – are loved by children and adults all over the world.

For the first time ever, KOMPAN has built the fascinating themes of fairy tales into outdoor play designs, and combined age-appropriate physical challenges with a full digital package of fairy tales and virtual games supporting curriculum-relevant learning, edutainment and fun. The digital layer consists of five apps that can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play – for free! The result is a new patent pending product line setting completely new standards for what a playground can offer. We call this the SMART PLAYGROUND.TM

The SMART PLAYGROUNDTM offers abundant benefits:

  • Age-appropriate physical challenges for 1-8 year olds
  • Intergenerational – it unites children and adults through a common reference point, based on the beloved fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen
  • Curriculum-compliant learning
  • The apps provide, the popular fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen on the spot, for you to read or have read out loud in 16 different languages
  • A strong basis for language stimulation through role play and apps
  • Inspiration for good social behavior through the moral insights and universal truths of the fairy tales (e.g. learning about bullying from “The Ugly Duckling”)
  • A vast number of digital games that support learning, edutainment and fun. This way adults and children alike can share play, learning and cultural experiences- at the playground, back home, or at school

Contact Melissa Guffey at 317.201.7056 or send her an email here for more information on SMART PLAYGROUND!