A girl sent in a drawing to improve the playground for young children, and city hall built it.

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When a young Utah resident’s crayon drawings of a nicer playground came to pass, her school civics lessons unexpectedly came to life.

Her mother took her to city hall with her drawing, and since funding for a new playground had already been allocated, they decided to follow 11-year-old Rosili Olson’s example.

The 12-year-old Olson drew what she believed to be the ideal playground for her and her younger sisters to play on.

“Rosili discovered that the playground near her home was appropriate for children aged 5 to 12 and was not designed with her younger sister in mind,” Clearfield County officials stated in the description of a Facebook post showcasing the construction procedure. “We realized we had to fulfill her dream after witnessing her initiative and attention to detail.”

When Olson’s mother called city hall, she inquired about the possibility of bringing them inside. After they gave their consent, they quickly went to the city’s chief of parks and recreation, Eric Howes’ office, to present their case.

“We didn’t have any specifics, but it was budgeted,” Howes told the Standard-Examiner, a local newspaper.

“The next best thing was to say, ‘We’ve got a playground coming in next year,’ after seeing all the effort she put into all of those drawings knowing we’d already ordered the playground for the park right by her house,” he said. According to a Facebook statement, they “reviewed multiple versions until we had checked all her boxes and got the colors right.”

Olson and Howes met four or five times during the collaborative process, culminating in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.