Outdoornews May 13, 2021 “Treehouses bring out the ‘kid’ in everybody,” said Scott Carpenter, public relations director for Toledo MetroParks. And the park system’s new treehouse village in the Oak Openings Preserve has hosted hundreds of ‘kids’ – both adult-sized and smaller – since opening in July 2020. Trial rentals at the beginning helped park staff “work out the bugs.” Donors and volunteers served as testers for that. A subsequent lottery for overnight stays, open largely to Ohio residents, drew 6,000 entries! The treehouses, all designed by Nelson Treehouse & Supply of Washington state, vary in size. Pete Nelson of cable TV’s Treehouse Masters owns the company. It has designed hundreds of treehouses all over the world.