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The Miracle League at the Langham Creek Family YMCA, Cleary Family Playground

Houston, TX USA

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Children of all abilities at play on the Langham Creek Miracle League playground, while baseball training goes on the fields in the background.
Children of all abilities at play on the Langham Creek Miracle League playground, while baseball training goes on the fields in the background.

Playground Details

Age Ranges

  • 5 to 12 years

Play Styles

Product Lines/ Categories

Min Area Required

  • 104' x 100' (31,70 m x 30,48 m)

Max Fall Height

  • 88" (2,24 m)

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Design Standards

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Price Range (USD)
$200K-$500K+

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Bridges & Ramps

Mainstructures

Roofs

Site Furnishings

Custom

  • This playground includes a variety of custom elements and/or customized product(s).  Please contact your local playground consultant for additional details.

Climbers

Motion & More Fun

Sensory Play

Slides & Gliders

Enclosures

Overhead Events

Shade

Swings

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The Miracle League at the Langham Creek Family YMCA in Houston, Texas, is an inclusive play environment featuring a PlayBooster® playstructure. The playground design is filled with inclusive playground components like the Sway Fun® glider, Rollerslide and Roller Table™, OmniSpin® spinner, Sensory Play Center® along with playground slides, climbers and sensory-stimulating activity panels. CoolToppers® shade products are integrated into the playstructure to keep children sun-safe all summer long while adding dimension and color into the landscape. Wide ramps, vibrant colors and a range of play opportunities welcome children of all abilities.

A new Houston playground where everyone is included

The idea behind the Langham Creek Family YMCA’s Miracle League adaptive sports complex started with three friends: Alan Wallace, Rodney Finke and Mack Hoehner – all fathers who coached their kids’ baseball teams and wanted to give back to the community in a meaningful way.

Their mission began with a YMCA Miracle League sports field that provided kids with special needs the opportunity to play baseball. Its synthetic turf allows people who rely on mobility devices to move easily across the surface even during times of rain. Inspired by the field’s great success, the men set their sights on creating a larger adaptive complex for children with special needs—including a pavilion to keep families in the shade, office space, a concessions stand, and a barrier-free playground suitable for all children.

The playground – like the sports field – was designed for all children regardless of their age or abilities. As a proud partner of the Langham Creek Family YMCA and Miracle League, Landscape Structures helped design the playground.

Houston’s first adaptive sports complex

 “The founders of this project wanted its final piece to be a huge inclusive playground that could serve our entire community because nothing like this existed in Houston,” said Matt Thompson, district executive director of the Langham Creek Family YMCA. “Upon completion in 2015, we had created the first and only adaptive sports complex in Houston.”

"The founders of this project wanted its final piece to be a huge inclusive playground that could serve our entire community because nothing like this existed in Houston,"Matt Thompson,district executive director of the Langham Creek Family YMCA

The complex serves more than 1,000 individuals with special needs who wish to play baseball, flag football, basketball, swimming, tennis and soccer in the nearly 9,000 square-mile Greater Houston area.

Even in its early planning phases, this project garnered immense community support, enabling the YMCA to complete the project entirely through community donations.

“The YMCA Miracle League’s grassroots, community-driven efforts brought a wealth of personal experience from families and children who have special needs to the playground planning process,” said Jane Jenewein, strategic alliance manager with Landscape Structures. “Children who rely on mobility devices are fully accommodated on this playground that offers ramps and extra-wide walkways, oversize swings and so much more,” she said.

All kids can play together

“One of the best parts of this playground is giving typical kids and their families the opportunity to learn and have a better awareness of what’s around them, so they truly understand what it means to love everyone,” Matt Thompson district executive director of the Langham Creek Family YMCA

“We didn’t want the YMCA Miracle League playground to only be a place for kids with special needs. Instead, we incorporated state-of-the-art features that encourage all kids to play together,” Matt said.

Learning to serve and love everyone

The Langham Creek Family YMCA serves more than 215 families through its adaptive programs. Since opening, a number of people in the community have expressed interest in building similar inclusive playgrounds throughout other parts of Houston.

“One of the best parts of this playground is giving typical kids and their families the opportunity to learn and have a better awareness of what’s around them, so they truly understand what it means to love everyone,” said Matt. “It’s awesome to see it being enjoyed in person.”

Installed: March 2016

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Stafford, TX 77477
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