Matteo's Dream is an all-abilities playground in an
urban park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Pe ...
in
Concord, California
Concord ( ) is the largest city in Contra Costa County, California. According to an estimate completed by the United States Census Bureau, the city had a population of 129,295 in 2019 making it the eighth largest city in the San Francisco Ba ...
. It opened on May 16, 2007. Matteo Henderson was a boy with serious disabilities including blindness,
cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, spasticity, stiff muscles, Paresis, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be p ...
, and cognitive development. He used a wheelchair for transportation. The playground was built with of donated materials and with the labor of 1600 volunteers. Matteo, and many other children of all abilities have enjoyed the playground. Persons with disabilities are able to drive their wheelchairs directly onto the structure. Features of the playground are specially engineered to accommodate people with various disabilities.
Matteo died on March 16, 2011, at the age of11.
In January 2014, a Matteo's Dream themed
Rose Parade float was featured in the 125th
Rose Parade
The Rose Parade, also known as the Tournament of Roses Parade (or simply the Tournament of Roses), is an annual parade held mostly along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, United States, on New Year's Day (or on Monday, January 2 if New ...
in
Pasadena, California.
See also
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Camp STAR
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Columbus Park
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Lake Alford Park
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Reverchon Park
Reverchon Park is a public park in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas, Texas. It was named for Julien Reverchon.
The park lies along Turtle Creek, a tributary of the Trinity River. Its main entrance is at Maple Avenue and Turtle Creek Boulevar ...
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Sugar Sand Park
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Warriors' Path State Park
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Playground equipment
Playgrounds
Tournament of Roses
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