Apply Today for up to $50,000 in Outdoor Fitness Funding! Great Western Recreation is happy to announce that GameTime is offering up to $50,000 in outdoor fitness funding toward the purchase of eligible outdoor fitness products. Make any park or green space an outdoor gym for children, families, and adults with outdoor obstacle courses and compact fitness systems. Are you planning a new park? Expanding an existing recreation area? Fitness funding from GameTime and Great Western Recreation can help you create fun and exciting outdoor fitness experiences for every generation! Apply for Funding T ..read more

Apply Today for up to $25,000 in Funding! GameTime is offering up to $25,000 toward the purchase of inclusive playground products. Make any playground more inclusive with nearly 50 eligible motion, music, and sensory climbing activities. Planning a new playground? Expanding an existing play area? Inclusive playground funding from GameTime can help you create fun and exciting experiences for everyone! Three Ways to Use Your Funding   1. Choose One Inclusive Playground Product Apply for funding toward an inclusive music, motion, or sensory climbing product and make your playground more incl ..read more

There is a lot of planning and preparation that goes into every playground. Sometimes you can design, ship, and install a playground project within one year, but others need more attention to detail and development. That’s the case for the new church playground at Sage Hills Church in Wenatchee, WA. Read on and learn how taking the time to get the details right transforms an ordinary church playground into an extraordinary place to play.   Planning for Play The idea to add a playground to the Sage Hills Church campus was in the works for several years. Church officials began wo ..read more

GameTime, a leading manufacturer of commercial playground equipment, outdoor fitness equipment and custom playscapes, recently opened a Play Trail in Camarillo Grove Park in Camarillo, California. The play space combines nature-themed play pockets with educational signage to encourage children and families to rediscover the natural environment.  The Play Trails concept is based on the research of the Natural Learning Initiative and their breakthrough program, Pathways for Play. Pathways for Play was developed in partnership with PlayCore and helps communities integrate play – critical fo ..read more

A new oasis of play has appeared in Los Angeles. Greenwood Square Park, in the Van Nuys area of L.A., includes a new GameTime playground and a walking path, providing opportunities for families to be more active…together. The new park was imagined by City Councilman Paul Krekorian, who took an innovative approach to funding the new space. Adjacent to the new park is a housing development. Councilman Krekorian used a provision of the Quimby Act that normally requires housing developers to pay a fee for area construction. Instead, Kerkorian asked the developer to build a park. “It’s not every da ..read more

GameTime recently opened a new Challenge Course at Jackie Tatum/Harvard Park in South Los Angeles. The Youth 5000 Series Course features 11 challenges that are designed to provide a fun and exciting workout for children and families. The course includes a precision timing system that allows users to track their time on the course. It’s also compatible with the Challenge Course Timing App for iOS and Android.  The challenges on the Jackie Tatum Harvard Park Challenge Course are designed to look like events seen on popular obstacle course television shows, but meet the playground equip ..read more

Great Western Recreation, the exclusive representative for GameTime in San Luis Obispo County, is excited to announce the opening of Joy Playground. Not only is it the first fully-inclusive playground in Atascadero, California, it is the only fully-inclusive playground in San Luis Obispo County. Parents For Joy, a group comprised of families of children with special needs, advocated tirelessly to bring this playground to the community. Thanks to their dedication, the community raised awareness for the need for an inclusive playground and also raised the funds to help build it. The mission of ..read more