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Cunningham Recreation’s 2025 Year in Review highlights some of our favorite playground projects from across the country—vibrant, inclusive, and thoughtfully designed spaces that bring communities together through the power of play. From themed school playgrounds and destination parks to fully accessible designs with custom climbers, sensory elements, and modern surfacing, each project reflects our commitment to creating safe, engaging environments where every child can explore, move, and connect. Explore the recap to see how we helped communities reimagine play in 2025.

Improving or building a park in your community isn’t as straightforward as it once was. Years ago, there weren’t many options aside from new playground equipment and safety surfacing. Today, the possibilities for upgrading are endless.

School playgrounds need attention from time to time, just as public playgrounds do. It's important that school playgrounds are kept safe, fun and engaging so that students have a place to decompress in between classes.

Cunningham Recreation is the exclusive representative for GameTime in 17 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, including coastal Carolina, the Southeast, and the Midwest.

Do you remember being a kid at the park and nearly scalding your legs as you went down the slide? Even though we all managed to have a blast at neighborhood playgrounds, these memories are ones that we don’t forget. And it’s understandable why.