The Park At Grace — Local services in Goshen

The park itself is nice but everytime I go there with my children the woman in charge is rude to one of my special needs sons. Both have autism and one is severely autistic so he is nonverbal. He does not understand basic things such as being told no or understanding boundaries. But overall he does well with playing he just doesn’t understand to wait when he’s excited. One time my husband asked her to unlock the special needs area and when she did my son ran inside right away and she rudely said “ can you say excuse me “ before I could do/say anything. Another time my other son was playing in the 3 and under section and she just came and aggressively grabbed one of the balance beams from him. Her reason was “ he wasn’t playing with it how it is made to be played with “ She didn’t say anything to him in the moment I had to go ask her why she did it. Another time a boy hit and cussed at my 7 yr old daughter and when we went to tell her what was going on in the bigger kids play area she said “ that’s not my problem go find his parents and figure it out with them “ It makes me sad because the park is such a great thing for low income families who can’t afford to go somewhere indoor like Smileys. It would be nice to see someone else friendly running the place or someone who is atleast more kind to...

Very nice facility but the lady running it, Georgia, is not pleasant in the slightest. Hosted a birthday party here for my daughters first birthday and was unaware that the 12-2 time meant I was not allowed in even 5-10 minutes beforehand to start just bringing things in before my guests and general public walked in. My mom and aunt asked her a simple question about the trash bags and she was very snotty and rude in her response and demeanor. She was very adamant about being out at 2 exactly with them. Our guests even mentioned the lady pouting in the corner was not very nice to them or general public. Our party was cleaned up and out by 1:55 given our late start and she was still very rude and unkind. Never spoke a word to anyone else besides her unkind words and attitude to my guests. Given a church you would think paying “customers” or donations would be thanked or treated better by staff for a park that’s free to the public. She needs to be...

This weekend my 3 year old was climbing through an obstacle on the top level when a kid that was about her age came on top of her and hit and punched her at least 6 times. They were at the top level of the playground and parents are not allowed to climb with their kids. After my daughter was safe I told the attendant and she just said that I had to go tell the kids parents. They were sitting in the back on their phones and didn't seem bothered. The family was not asked to leave and continued to stay and play after we left. Multiple announcements were made saying "we do not tolerate aggresive behavior." Which obviously isnt true. I don't believe this is a safe place for you to bring your children unless they are able to physically defend themselves from a bully. Lazy parents who don't supervise their kids are everywhere. Bullies are everywhere. But the structure of the playground and the tolerance of a physical attack makes this an...