The Spokane Parks Department is making plans for new splash pads in neighborhood parks. Now, the folks in charge want to hear from our kids.

The process certainly won’t be anything like the caucuses this weekend, but at least it’s a chance for our children to tell local government what they think and the kind of splash pads they want in our local parks.

The Spokane Parks Department website includes a link to some samples of splash pad features.

This week and next, meetings have been set up at Finch, Linwood, Stevens, Roosevelt, Franklin, and Lincoln Heights elementary schools with sessions so that kids can learn more about splash pads and vote on the features they'd most like to see included in the projects. Here’s the latest press release from the City of Spokane with the times and locations of all the meetings.

This could be a fun, educational way to get our kids involved in the process.

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