Kids know Rice Field
It's a place they can get to on their own for a pick-up game.
It offers a space for vigorous play.
It's a safe, visible place to play.
It's the village green--open, inviting and energizing.
Adults Know Rice Field
Adults know the benefits of Rice Field to the community:
Increases quality of life
Increases property values
Increases health and fitness
Protects community character
Provides a focal point
Provides life-long recreational opportunities
Attracts residents to the community
Preserves community wealth
Green space contributes to the social, physical, psychological, spiritual and economic well-being of a community.
Increases quality of life
Increases property values
Increases health and fitness
Protects community character
Provides a focal point
Provides life-long recreational opportunities
Attracts residents to the community
Preserves community wealth
Green space contributes to the social, physical, psychological, spiritual and economic well-being of a community.
Educators Know Rice Field
Rice Field offers benefits to child development:
Strengthens child development
Reduces behavior and learning disorders
Increases concentration and coping skills
Reduces juvenile crime
Invites spontaneous play by the children themselves
Increases peer interaction
Welcomes all children
Forward-thinking City Leaders Know Rice Field
- Rice Field offers what mindful city leaders establish for progressive, sustainable, successful communities:
- Increases property values
- Saves taxpayer's money
- Lowers crime against people and property
- Increases school coffers
- Supports economic growth
- Makes cities more attractive places to live and work
- Attracts residents, workers, and businesses
- Preserves Community wealth
- Strengthens communities
Director for City Parks Excellence, Washington D.C. Knows RIce Field
From coast to coast--and everywhere in between--urban parks are gaining tremendously in importance and public attention. With many people's economic problems, near is the new far. And in the parks world that means accessible, high-quality urban parks for everyone. Rice Field appears to be a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the residents of northwest Des Moines to get high-quality parkland for all the many benefits that it will provide the community.
--Peter Harnik
Director, Center for City Park Excellence
Washington, D.C.
[email protected]
--Peter Harnik
Director, Center for City Park Excellence
Washington, D.C.
[email protected]