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Residents and advocates urge Pensacola to reconsider Tippin Park playground plan to better serve children with disabilities
Summary
Public commenter Sherry Myers, a former District 2 council representative and ADA coordinator, told the Parks and Recreation Board the proposed Tippin Park equipment is not what she envisioned for a special-needs playground and urged the city to pause the purchase and gather more community input.
Sherry Myers, a long-time disability-access advocate and former District 2 city council representative, urged the Pensacola Parks and Recreation Board on Oct. 21 to stop the planned purchase of playground equipment at Tippin Park and to redesign the space to better serve children with a wide range of disabilities.
Myers said she spent 15 years working on accessibility projects and that earlier plans for Tippin Park included a special-needs playground and a community center. "I wrote that project," she said during the board's open forum, and later added about the current proposal: "That design is not…
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