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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Playground Project Gets Green Light

The site at Cliff Fen Park is now officially known as the Burnsville Lions Playground, in honor of the $50,000 the club contributed to the reconstruction project.

Tuesday night, the Burnsville City Council signed off on a playground reconstruction project at Cliff Fen Park that will begin in spring. What was known as Skyland Playground will be rebuilt and rebranded as the “Burnsville Lions Playground.”   The play area near the Minnesota River was originally built in 1990 with funds and volunteers from a business named Skyline Displays. The playground's key identifying feature was a wooden castle which was dismantled in November.  The total cost of the new playground is $300,000. The Lions kicked in $50,000 to the update, which allowed the city to include additional features. The proposal was warmly welcomed by the council, which is headed by Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, herself a member of the Lions. "My …

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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Skyland Playground to Be Replaced, Expanded, Renamed

The new equipment will be installed in spring and rebranded as the Burnsville Lions Playground, in honor of the group's $50,000 contribution to the effort.

As soon as the ground thaws, Cliff Fen Park's Skyland Playground will undergo a $300,000 facelift, complete with a new moniker. City staff promises that the new playground will be equal or better than the previous one. The play area near the Minnesota River has long been a favorite of the Burnsville community. "This is a destination playground," Terry Schutz, director of Natural Resources, said during a meeting on Nov. 19. "It's truly one of a kind in our community." Skyland Playground was built in 1990 with funds and volunteers from a business named Skyline Displays. The distinctive wooden castle structure was dismantled in November. City staff told the Parks & Natural Resources Commission that the 22-year-old playground equipment had …

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