For over 60 years, Great Western Recreation has brought people together through spaces designed for play, connection, and inclusion. Let’s create something meaningful together.
Community Champions Playground Grant
Apply for Up to 100% in matching funds!
For a limited time, Great Western Recreation and GameTime are offering matching funds for new play systems to help your playground budget go further.
The Definition of Turnkey
Great Western Recreation is proud to partner with a wide range of industries, including Parks & Rec Specialists, Landscape Architects, School Districts, and Military Organizations. Whether you are looking for creative funding solutions, evidence-based inclusive design, or the latest trends in community dog parks—we speak your language. No matter what stage of the project you are in, we are ready to jump in and help.
Park Planning & Design
Project Management
Professional Installation
Programs and Evidence-Based Research
Procurement and Contract Pricing
Safety & Maintenance
Community Resources
Explore Our Solutions
From playground equipment to athletic courts and beyond, we create environments that bring people together through play. We can do it all. From the largest play structures right down to your picnic benches. Great Western Recreation is your turnkey partner.
Always Providing Solutions
Our persistent focus on being a solutions-based company allows us to proactively provide avenues to achieve your project goals. This philosophy consistently yields positive outcomes for projects of any scale. Founded in 1964, Great Western Recreation continually draws upon more than 60 years of experience to ensure your project delivers the highest level of satisfaction.
By strategically implementing our vast years of experience and incorporating evidence-based research into our designs, Great Western fosters forward-thinking and cutting-edge design innovation. This is tempered with a foundation of knowledge and expertise to guide each project to achieve its true potential.
Our Approach
Each project is unique. No matter the scope, we understand that you have individual needs and criteria that cannot be met by any design. We strive to be the partner with creative and innovative solutions. Focused on fulfilling your goals while providing solutions that experience shows have presented positive results in real-world applications. It’s what we do best.
Dream Big
We are here to build your dream. We take pride in each project we work on. Although projects vary greatly, at Great Western, we pursue the same exceptional quality in every project we are involved with. Our designs integrate the best practices of preeminent researchers into the fabric of each design. Ensuring the value and quality of experience for you and those you serve in the community. This, along with the creativity of our experienced design team, ensures we meet the unique nature of the needs and criteria of your project.
Our utilization of state-of-the-art design tools like AutoCAD, SketchUp, and Lumion, provides the tools you need to illustrate the details of your vision. We understand the critical need to relay your vision of each project to key stakeholders. We also work closely with professionals in the Architectural and Engineering fields as a resource to ensure our innovative concepts and designs create a seamless transition from design into reality.
Our Family of Brands
We leverage our long‐term relationships with manufacturing facilities to ensure you get the best value and service. We understand the balance of creating and maintaining community spaces with the highest level of service, unique products, and project management. We believe in having integrity in everything we do, from the products we represent to the service we provide. We have a dedicated customer service department that helps us navigate service items throughout each project we complete.
Meet Our Team
We are more than a company. Great Western comprises a team with over a century of experience, skills, and commitment to ensuring our projects reach the highest quality possible. Our success is primarily due to our world-class team’s work ethic, which elevates Great Western to an exceptional entity.
Whether you are looking for your local sales associate or need to contact our full-time customer service department. We are here to serve you on a full-time basis.
Our Work
We always seek innovative ways to meet project-specific criteria.
We focus where you focus, meeting budgets, capturing your vision, and setting a solid foundation to support your ideas for each project. Our years of experience and drive ensure we find the right solutions for your project.
We look forward to implementing our experience and commitment to quality in your project through our talented employees. Our team comes from diverse backgrounds offering their expertise and technical ability to your project. Their strong work ethic and meticulous attention to detail ensure integrity in all we do.
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