Every time SplashPadHub gets covered, we log it here
A running, transparent record of press, podcast, and broadcast mentions — including the ones that haven't happened yet. We'd rather show the empty page honestly than fake social proof.
Quick answer
0 mentions logged · honest about being early. SplashPadHub launched in 2026 and is actively pitching family, climate, parks-and-rec, and design press. This page exists so the first journalist who covers us — and every journalist who comes after — can see exactly where we are.
Why this page exists
Most "press" pages on small sites quietly omit the fact that the company hasn't been covered yet. They list "as featured in" logos that turn out to be link directories, podcast guest appearances by other people, or a single newsletter mention from 2019. We'd rather not.
Credibility has to start somewhere. Building it from zero — in public, with a dated log — is the only honest way we know how to do it. When real mentions arrive, they land here. Until then, this page is a transparent record of an early-stage independent directory and an open invitation to the journalists who might cover it first.
If you're an editor or producer who values that kind of transparency, we'd love to work with you. The pitch contact is at the bottom of this page and the press kit at /press-kit has everything else you need.
What we'd love to see covered
Five angles that overlap reporters' beats and the actual story underneath splash pads. Pull-quotes, methodology, and custom data extracts available for any of these — just email and ask.
- ClimateSplash pads as the cheapest urban-cooling intervention America builds
Per-child-hour cooling cost beats cooling centers, pools, and shade structures. Cities under heat-dome stress are quietly leaning on splash pads to fill the gap.
- Equity98% of U.S. splash pads are free — the most universally free public-water amenity
Density tracks heat exposure, not wealth. Small jurisdictions with active municipal park programs dominate the per-capita top decile, not large Sun Belt states.
- EconomicsWhy a $400K splash pad outperforms a $4M pool on cost per visitor-hour
No lifeguards, lower insurance, longer season, near-zero drowning risk. Parks departments are quietly defunding pools to fund pads — and the math is brutal.
- DesignFrom sprinkler-on-concrete to programmable water choreography in 15 years
The 4x–6x growth since 2010 came alongside a quiet design revolution: zero-depth, ADA-first, sensory-considered, recirculating systems. The before-and-after is striking.
- AI / IoTThe independent agent-built directory that tracked every splash pad in America
How a solopreneur and a fleet of AI agents catalogued 5,000+ municipal splash pads, ran multilingual coverage, and shipped a national interactive map without venture capital.
For journalists
Pitch contact: press@splashpadhub.com. Typical reply within one business day. Flag tight deadlines in the subject line and we'll prioritize.
Brand assets, fact sheet, founder bio, color palette, screenshots, pull-quotes: /press-kit — everything on one page, free, CC BY 4.0.
Background, methodology, pull-quote bank, citation guidelines: /press — the broader press room, including the index of our published research.
Editorial firewall and conflict-of-interest policy: /trust. We are independent, take no manufacturer money, and accept no paid placement.
First-time-reader incentives
We want to make it worth your while to be early. The founder will personally respond to the first 50 outlets that mention SplashPadHub with a thank-you and one or more of the following, free, with no strings attached:
- Custom data extract — a CSV or JSON cut of our directory tailored to your beat (your metro, your state, accessible-only, free-only, by water-system type, etc.).
- Co-branded chart for your story — we'll render the visual in your house style at no cost.
- Embargoed early access to upcoming reports, including the next State of Splash Pads in America and the State Splash Pad Benchmarks update.
- A direct line to the founder for follow-up reporting on subsequent stories — Calendly link, signal/email, your choice.
- Permanent link back from this page — your story will be the first entry in the log, dated, with full attribution.
None of this is conditional on coverage tone. We're happy to be reported on critically. We're just glad to be reported on.
What we won't do
- No quid-pro-quo coverage
We will not trade a directory boost, listing placement, or favorable ranking for a press mention. Editorial coverage of cities, parks, vendors, and pads is firewalled from anything we say to journalists about ourselves.
- No exclusives on sourced photos
Parent-submitted and parks-department photos are licensed back to the community under CC BY 4.0. We will not grant any outlet exclusive use of imagery we did not solely produce.
- No paid placement disguised as press
If a manufacturer, agency, or parks consultancy offers to pay for a story, we will say no on the record and tell you who asked. Sponsored content is never logged on this page.
- No quoting research without the source link
Pull-quotes from SplashPadHub Research are CC BY 4.0 — quote freely, but we ask outlets to include a link back to the underlying report so readers can verify the methodology.
Mentions log
0 mentions logged. No press coverage of SplashPadHub has been published yet. When the first story drops, it will appear here with outlet, headline, link, date, and medium — and every story after it. No edits, no quiet removals, no curated highlight reel.
Want to be the first? press@splashpadhub.com.
Related
- Press roomMethodology, pull-quotes, research index, citation guidelines.
- Press kitLogos, screenshots, fact sheet, brand colors, founder bio — CC BY 4.0.
- PartnersParks departments, advocacy orgs, and editorial collaborators we'd love to work with.
- Trust & editorial firewallIndependence, conflict-of-interest policy, what we will and won't accept.