Clearfield City will soon to constructing a playground for their Bicentennial Park, designed by an 11-year-old girl to be the perfect place for kids of all ages.
Rosili Olsen is an 11-year-old who saw plans posted for a new playground at Thornock Park by picking up a pencil and designing one herself.
“I did it on all different angles, and this is from one of the angles and it’s from where the monkey bars and little slide are,” said Rosili. “Once we saw the photos on Facebook, I didn’t think that me and my sisters would play well together because my youngest sister, who is 3, can’t really go on them.”
She wanted to show her sketches to the city, so her parents helped. “Just basically asked, I said, could you do a mom a favor, could you look at these drawings that she put together, she worked really hard on them,” explained Rosili’s mom, Annie Olsen.
Clearfield City knew they had to build her playground, even if it wouldn’t be at Thornock Park due to having its design settled on.
“I’ve been doing this for almost 25 years, I’ve never had this type of situation happen,” said Eric Howes, community services director at Clearfield City. “To me, this is one of the funnest situations, just experiences of my career.”