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title: Blueprint for Play® | GameTime Canada
description: This guidebooks help communities engage stakeholders and outline best practices and recommendations for each stage of a playground project.
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# Blueprint for Play®

![Blueprint for Play](https://gametimeplay.ca/hubfs/GameTimePlay_March2024/images/Blueprint-for-Play-image.png "Blueprint for Play")

Blueprint for Play® provides a customizable toolkit for building communities through play and recreation initiatives. Developed by PlayCore, the guidebooks help communities engage stakeholders and outline best practices and recommendations for each stage of a playground project: planning, funding, designing, building and sustaining.

The five-series guidebook will help ensure:

- Refined and user-focused planning process
- Robust funding initiative that embraces giving
- Unique play space designed to meet specific community goals
- Dynamic build initiative that celebrates the community members' talents and builds social capital
- Comprehensive plan for using and sustaining the space to ensure a wise investment and a lasting legacy

The guidebooks also address the following topics:

- Assessing needs & budget
- Choosing the right site & vendor
- Aligning values & goals
- Soliciting funding resources
- Engaging the community
- Reporting outcomes
- Preparing the site
- Organizing equipment and construction
- Developing a maintenance & supervision plan
- Establishing a programs & marketing plan

The Blueprint for Play resources are intended to inspire communities and maximize the opportunity to bring leaders together for a true community-based initiative. [Download the executive program summary](https://gametimeplay.ca/hubfs/GameTimePlay_March2024/pdf/Blueprint_for_Play_ES.pdf?hsLang=en) or request a copy of Blueprint for Play using the form below.