What's That?

If you have driven past the Village Office buidling anytime since last week then you must have noticed the large wooden playhouse in the front yard. If you have been out of town or just haven't noticed then take a look at the pictures we provided.

Designed by Village residents Alan Vogel and Cheryl Thompson the building was built as a play structure for children during this year's Grassroots festival. It was a big hit with the kids and that got Alan Vogel thinking about incorporating this building and others like it onto Main Street as part of a "playground village" tentatively titled, T-Ville.

Plans are to place this building along with the two other yet to be built ones by the Colonial Laundromat on Main Street. The shack in front of the laundromat would be removed (sold at auction to fund the construction of T-Ville) and the play village would go there. Aside from this pictured building, T-Ville would feature other community built, wooden buildings themed after Village locations. So T-Ville could feature this T-Ville house along with a T-Ville post office and T-Ville General Store. Or a T-Ville restaurant. Or a T-Ville Village Office. In any case it would be a chance for kids to come play in a homegrown playground right there on Main Street.

Please note that right now, T-Ville is only a proposal and not a set installation. While not an MSP project per se, there are lots of MSP volunteers and members helping out with the project and the T-Ville organizers hope to have the playground installed by the end of construction along Main Street.

You can get more information about the proposed T-Ville project by contacting the MSP or taking a look at the meeting minutes for the August 14th 2006 general Village board meeting soon to be available on the Village's website. Or you can stay tuned to this blog and our website for more information.