If you want to boost the perception of your neighbourhood and encourage more people to venture outside of their homes, it’s important to consider your community member’s needs when creating public spaces. That includes installing the appropriate amenities and street furniture that will help them get the most out of these spaces.
Below, we’ve discussed 4 reasons why it’s so important to install park bench seats in these areas:
1. Encourages People to Stay
There’s no doubt public spaces have a lot to offer the community. But it takes a lot of effort to even get some people out of the house. So, how can you encourage them to stay for longer in your outdoor areas. Among other things, installing the best park bench seats you can find is important. Park bench seats will provide visitors to your space with a chance to sit, rest, chat or eat with others. Consequently, they will encourage people to stay for longer and appreciate your public outdoor area.
2. Encourages Exercise
Park bench seats provide as a resting place for people to sit down on and catch their breath after an intense workout. However, aside from this, park bench seats can also be used as an exercise tool themselves! In fact, there is a whole park bench workout you can follow that requires you to have nothing but a park bench seat in front of you. Naturally, this is a great idea if you want your community members to be able to get more out of your public space. Of course, simply having park bench seats available in your public space can encourage people to come out of their homes and venture outside, knowing that there will be places for them to rest once they do get tired.
3. Enables a Variety of Different Activities
Think about all the many things you can do at a park; watch or participate in a sports game, host a family barbeque, exercise, attend a food fair or festival…the list goes on. All these activities would feel a bit strange to participate in if there were no park bench seats available for you to sit on. After all, we sit down in public spaces so we can rest, chat with others, eat and overall, just appreciate our natural surroundings. Adding park bench seats throughout your neighbourhood is a great way to ensure that all your community members can do all these things and still participate in various activities outside.
4. Supports All Members of the Community
Everyone should be able to venture outside and enjoy all the benefits the outside world has to offer- including those that are handicapped, injured or elderly. Community members belongings to these three groups deserve to have seating readily available for them to use. Through incorporating park bench seats throughout your neighbourhood and in your public spaces, you can help to accommodate for their needs. All in all, you can make your community a much more inclusive and comfortable area for all members of the public to enjoy.
