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of PW day). Perhaps we could encourage more groups to schedule their trip later in the day? Thanks! Gary McNeel, PW Eng Thank you for asking for our input! I have to echo the things in this message as well as some of Randal's observations. It was a fabulous event and this was my first time as a tour guide, so some of it was new to me. Overall the event went smoothly and was VERY organized, but I noticed frustration from the teachers and students at the same areas as the others. Things that went well: • Tiny Park: Moving the Tiny Park play area was a great idea! The kids had much more open space and it felt a lot less constrictive. Also, moving the play area away from water world and the Hip Hop Traffic Cop was a great idea to decrease congestion and to separate that from the eating and table area. I think adding tables to the eating area was a great move and it worked well. • Equipment: I liked the way the equipment was spread out, it felt like there was room to see, touch and experience the equipment much better this year. I have one suggestion for the police area though, it seemed there was confusion about where the lines for the motorcycles were forming. If that area were better defined with customer "guides" (cones, lines, tape or other devices to indicate where the line should form), I think people could get in and out much more quickly. • Suggestion: It might help to identify by sign, pieces of equipment. I know it probably sounds like a statement of the obvious, but my thinking is that if we had signs near each one that stated what the names of the equipment were it might be informative. An example is that we have small mowers and big mowers, snow blowers, street sweepers, tree equipment, fire trucks, police vans, etc., and all of these could have signs that would help inform the reading -age visitors and adults about the names of the equipment and maybe a little about what they're used for (how many miles of roads are swept each year, where is the snow removal equipment used, why do some fire trucks have ladders and some don't? Why the big tree stump and why was the bucket so high in the air - what is that equipment used for?) I know we have staff to tell about these things, but sometimes the lines are long or kids are intent on something else, so it's just another way to get information out to people - just a thought. Areas I think could be improved: Building 2, with pictures and the Airport area: I wonder if a small tent/covered area could be set up right outside of building 2, south of and almost abutting the gate structure (back to back with the entrance table area) where pictures could be taken or where the airport display could be set up? That way, pictures could happen in one place and the airport display, which is exciting and important, could be toured separately, but not passed over because of the lines and bottleneck.