Pine Island reopens city parks

Pine Island reopens city parks

Minnesota governor?

Tim walz enacted an executive order on saturday allowing parks to open.

However?

Many of the states playgrounds remain closed to prevent the spread of covi?19?

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T news three's?

Kaleb gillock?

Joins us with more information.

Katie and george?

The ?

?c is advising that playgrounds stay off limits because they are often times crowded and can easily exceed the recommended guidance for gatherings... plus it can be challenging to keep surfaces clean and disinfected.

I spoke with one pine island parent today tells me she isn't worried.xxx we usually have one person open up the door, we all go right inside, wash our hands, wash the door handle and everything you know and retrace all of our footsteps.

Heather hovland and her family have been playing it safe when they return from bike rides and skipping rocks in the middle fork zumbro river at collins park.

It's kind of our little oasis that we get to go to.

As soon as we get back home we sanitize everything.

We sanitize our bike handles and all of that so it's not too big of an issue for us.

She's had to explain to her children ranging in age from two to 1?year?old... that the playground equiptment was off limits due to the coronavirus.

You know the first couple of times it was hard for them not to go to the park, but after those first couple of times they've been pretty alright with it.

They understand i think this one probably the least of all but she knows her sisters aren't running off for it so they're doing alright.

There is some good news for the little ones... pine island announced on monday it's playgrounds are now open.

However?

The equipment is not sanitized and they ask parkgoers to continue practicing social distancing.

Hovland says that will be the hard part with kids.

I think the main thing is when we do go to the park it's going to be playing with other kids.

This one is a small park.

We've got the one there at trailhead park that big on?

I think that's to be a little more difficult to keep them?

To when the hovlands got to the park?

They weren't awre the playground was open.

Right after this interview?

The kids were of course eager to head back over to the slides and swings./// thank you kaleb.

For more information about the ??

C's playground recommendatio ns?

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