Since I am on the board planning the park reconstruction here in our small town/village, I voted for new commercial picnic tables. The old ones are falling apart, and the wood is splintered. I firmly believe they are dangerous for families having a picnic or kids climbing on them as kids will do. The ones that are there now were just the kind that a person would buy at a hardware place, put together themselves and not treat with any kind of weather protection. The commercial picnic tables the board is looking at, are better than the run of the mill kind, and in the long run, would save all kinds of money, but not having to replace them for a long time. The upkeep or maintenance is very low also.
Since there are quite a few shade trees in the small park, that surround the play ground area, us ladies thought it would be awesome to have some park benchesto sit on, instead of having to haul our own chairs, to the park. We usually always bring blankets to spread out for the tired little ones to rest on, but having the park benches would be a great way to cut down on what we need to take our kids, or in my little tiny kids for others, just to play in the park for a few hours.
All in all, the plans for the park are going well. We are still within our budget, which makes everyone happy. What makes me happy, is that we will have safe and sturdy tables and benches in our little park and it cuts down on some of the worry about safety issues.