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Rivers' Bend Park
<br /> Rivers' Bend is a 60-acre community park along the Rum River located in southeastern Ramsey, east
<br /> of MN 47/Saint FrancisBoulevard and straddling CSAH 116 /Bunker Lake Boulevard, though the
<br /> playground is to the north. Park amenities include four tennis courts, one softball diamond, one
<br /> soccer field, and a basketball hoop in the parking lot. Its playground was last replaced in 2001. The
<br /> playground uses engineered wood fiber for surfacing, which occurred recently in 2020. The
<br /> playground has seven components the main play structure, a swingset, a set of four stepping pods
<br /> (one in the middle and three surrounding the middle 180 degrees from one another), a dolphin-
<br /> shaped spring rider, two "houses," and a tic-tac-toe board.
<br /> The two play houses are mirror-images of one another, each consisting of two plastic walls held
<br /> togetherby three wooden posts. The walls facing each other both have a small window with a 3 x 3
<br /> pattern as well as a bench below the window. The other two corners of each of the houses are open.
<br /> The houses are both in good condition. The swing set has two bays, one with two bucket swings and
<br /> onewith two belt swings. The entire structure is in good condition. The paint on the dolphin spring-
<br /> rideris chipped and the concrete base is worn, but it is otherwise in good condition.
<br /> The main play structure is a mix of plastic (slides, tunnels, roofs, and sensory components), metal
<br /> (transfer platforms, some guardrails and supports),and wood(most platforms and supports).Visually
<br /> the playground is in great condition, besides some faded paint and mud on the side of someof the
<br /> plastic components. The main play structure has six entrances two transfer surfaces, one chain-
<br /> link ladder, one metal ladder with four alternating semicircular rings forming eight footholds,one
<br /> metal ladder with four flat rungs, and one corkscrew climber. The main play structure also consists
<br /> of five slides one straight enclosed slide, one curved enclosed slide rotating 360-degrees,one
<br /> straight slide with two parallel tracks, one straight slide with a hump, and another curved slide
<br /> rotating 360-degrees. Additionally, there is a set of monkey bars with seven round rings. Tying the
<br /> structure together are a clatter bridge, a belt bridge, and two tunnels each with two 90-degree turns.
<br /> The play structure also has four interactive sensory components—a board with letters on it, an
<br /> abacus, a tic-tac-toe board (similar to the one outside of the main play structure), and a toy similar
<br /> to the tic-tac-toe boards but with numbers painted on them.
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