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Where community connects and everyone can play HOLLIS PARKS PROJECT
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Where community connects and

everyone can play

HOLLIS PARKS PROJECT

To foster community connections

and high quality recreation

opportunities for all by creating,

enlarging, and improving Hollis

public parks.

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THE NEED

Keep the fun in Hollis!

Make fun recreation opportunities available for all ages.

Little Nichols has limited equipment, some in disrepair.

No activities for teens, families, and adults

Nichols field lacks a modern play structure for kids ages 2-12

ENGAGING COMMUNITY Space for

KIDS

FAMILIES

TEENS

ADULTS

SENIORS

THE PROPOSAL

Little Nichols Field

Create more of a PARK atmosphere, to be enjoyed by young children, teens, and adults

Repair old equipment, install new playground equipment, sitting areas, benches and boulders/stone wall. Work with the library to create a more usable and inviting outdoor space.

Nichols Field

Install a small playground (with protective area of 30x28) that will be central to many of the fields and provide play space for children ages 2-12. Adding some seating in the shaded “tree area” for all to enjoy.

New equipment to include: ~20x20 play structure unit

Four new swings

to the existing swing set

Add small benches or picnic tables near equipment

NICHOLS FIELD

Proposed

play area

NICHOLS FIELD- AREA FOR

PLAYGROUND

Rough placement of play structure

View from track

3-D VIEW OF PLAYSTRUCTURE AT

NICHOLS FIELD

Structure will have Historic Commission approved colors: Sand/Hunter Green

OVERVIEW OF LITTLE

NICHOLS

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LITTLE NICHOLS PLAYGROUND ELEMENTS

NEW EQUIPMENT PROPOSED

LITTLE NICHOLS RECREATION

EQUIPMENT

The existing swing set

will also have:

• Two baby swings

• Two ADA swings

ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR RECREATION

CREATIVE GAMES AND ACTIVITIES FOR

ALL AGES

Partnering with Hollis Social Library

• Bocce

• Frisbee

• A listing of outdoor team

games that don’t require

equipment

• Utilize Park for library-

sponsored outdoor

programs

• Book Events/readings

• Children Activities

Working with Colonial Garden Club, Hollis Social Library, and Landscape Architect to create a historically-approved park-like setting

PARK LANDSCAPING

HARDSCAPING (MODELS SHOWN/ NOT

EXACT REPLICAS)

TABLES AND BENCHES

STONE WALL OR BOULDERS TO

SEPARATE PARKING LOT FROM PARK

Summer 2013

• Initial informational meetings with town committees: Recreation, Selectmen

• Formation of Hollis Playground Project

Fall 2013

• Follow-up meetings with town committees

• Concept introduction, initial fundraising, and public input. Old Home Day.

• Playground design development and play ground company selection

Winter 2013/14

• Recreation approval for playground designs

• Continued meetings with relevant committees

• Expansion of project to Hollis Parks Project to encompass larger scope vision

HOLLIS PARKS PROJECT TIMELINE

Winter 2014

• Continue Landscape Plan.

• Solidify Partners and major donors

• Board of Selectman approval. Historic commission approval

Spring 2014

• Fundraising and promotion of project.

Summer and Fall 2014

• Install playground and park.

HOLLIS PARKS PROJECT

FUTURE TIMELINE

CURRENT & POTENTIAL PARTNERS

Hollis Social Library Staff and Board of Trustees

Friends of the Hollis Social Library

Hollis Recreation Commission

Local School Communities

Hollis Colonial Garden Club

Hollis Historical Society

Local Area Businesses

Rotary Club of Hollis/Brookline NH

Other Community and local sports organizations:

PTA, Women’s Club, Soccer league, etc.

Community Appeal Individual Donors

Town Warrant Article $10,000 from town of Hollis when 40K is raised

Corporate/In-Kind Donations

Major Gift/Family Foundations

FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES

Fundraising Goal of $50,000

LITTLE NICHOLS VIEWS

QUOTE FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIP.(DOES NOT INCLUDE LANDSCAPING/ TABLES, BENCHES, ETC)

Quote needs to be updated to reflect

correct number of surfers and

replacement sling swings; approximately

$1,200

ARTICLE 17 - Petition Article for Playground Equipment

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate

$50,000 towards the building of a new playground

structure at Nichols Field and improvements and repairs

to the Little Nichols Field (behind the Hollis Social

Library) and to authorize the selectmen to accept

$40,000 from private donations made for this purpose;

the balance of $10,000 to be raised by taxation. The

expenditure of the $10,000 raised by taxation is

contingent upon the $40,000 from donations being

raised from other sources.

REVISED LANGUAGE ARTICLE 17

FUNDRAISING BRICKS/ PATIO

COLOR WHEEL - PLAYGROUND

EQUIPMENT


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