LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid adventure park Experience Outdoors presented plans for a net park expansion to the Lake Placid-North Elba Joint Review Board on Wednesday. The review board agreed to proceed with notice to neighbors. It will not hold a public hearing on the project, though the Adirondack Park Agency may choose to hold its own hearing.

The board decided against conducting a site visit; board chair Rick Thompson said that board members were already familiar with the layout of Experience Outdoors from prior cases. Board member Claire Doering, who is married to Experience Outdoors co-owner Marc Doering, recused herself from the case.

The net park, a two-story playground made of tightly woven nets, will expand the offerings of Experience Outdoors to younger children.

“Our struggle, at this point, is that we don’t have an activity for everyone. Our youngest is 7 that we allow (in the park),” said Experience Outdoors co-owner Bill Walton. “This is an attraction for people that are young, not specifically, but all can enjoy it. There’s no harnesses needed, there’s two tiers, it’s all enclosed with nets.”

The nets have 1 inch by 1 inch gaps, making both stable and safe for small feet to walk on. They are also built with two layers, so if one net happened to break, there would be a failsafe. The nets are also strong enough to hold 60 to 80 people and even beanbag chairs, according to co-owner Marc Doering. He said the net park could double as an unconventional event space.

“If companies want to come in for a different sort of team meeting or teambuilding area, we can set that up for them,” he said.

Walton and Doering said on their application to the review board that the net park would create between four and six new jobs at Experience Outdoors. The net park would be supervised by several staffers to ensure visitors’ safety.

Though Experience Outdoors open seasonally, the nets are weatherproof and safe to leave up year-round. They would be mounted on poles, not trees, to ensure the longevity of the park.

Net parks are an up-and-coming attraction in the adventure park industry. Walton said that this would be the first net park in the state and one of two on the east coast of the U.S. Experience Outdoors is working with The Trekking Group, an adventure park design firm, to build the new attraction. In the review board meeting, they cited Upla, a net park chain with locations in Ontario and Quebec, as inspiration. Upla was also designed by The Trekking Group.

The net park would take an estimated 30 days to construct. Walton and Doering said they aimed to begin construction in May. The project needs approval from both the review board and the APA.

The plans for the proposed net park can be viewed at www.tinyurl.com/3n8etj4y.