From Mike Dunn, public information officer for the City of Temple Terrace

Riverhills Park will become even more fun soon, thanks to a slate of new “all-inclusive” (all children with all abilities) playground equipment approved by the Temple Terrace City Council.

The playground will feature special swing seats, ADA compliant ground-level features, musical instruments, a poured-in-place safety surface and other amenities that can be enjoyed by all children.

Similar playgrounds have been installed at Riverside Park and Lightfoot Playground.

The inspiration for the project came from Clouds of Hope, an organization started in 2008 by Temple Terrace residents Wally and Renee Blain. Their daughter, Allie, has idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, an immune disorder that affects her blood-clotting ability.

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