[Recreation Reimagined Lemon Playground]
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THIS COMMUNITY'S VERY HISTORIC COMMUNITY.
A LOT OF BALL PLAYERS AND EVERYTHING COME FROM THIS COMMUNITY.
THE GYM KEPT KIDS OUTTA OF TROUBLE.
LIKE KIDS LIKE ME GROWING UP KEPT ME OUTTA TROUBLE BECAUSE I ALWAYS HAD A PLACE TO GO.
UM, IF YOU NEED TO RELIEVE STRESS, GO PLAY BASKETBALL, TAKE IT OUT ON THE COURT, GO RUN, GO DO SOMETHING.
BUT THIS GYM HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE FOR US.
PLAYGROUND MEAN A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY AND THE KIDS LEARN A LOT AT THE PLAYGROUND.
THIS LEARN TO, IT'S LIKE A BIG FAMILY.
WE DON'T NEED NOBODY TO COME IN HERE AND TELL US ABOUT THE GAMES THAT WE SHOULD PLAY.
THEY WERE REALLY CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SAW OUT THERE.
WHEN THEY COME TO THE GYM AND SAW THE PEOPLE THERE AT THE GYM, THEY WERE REALLY SURPRISED.
IF YOU GO BACK TO THE NINETIES, YOU COULD SEE THAT LIMIT ALWAYS RANGE.
PROBABLY NO MORE THAN 50 KIDS AT THIS PARK FOR TRACK.
AND TRACK IS OUR BIGGEST SPORT.
THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS A COMMITTEE THAT HELPED YOU WITH THE PROJECT THAT YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN, AND THEY TRY TO PUT SOME POSITIVE CHANGES IN IT.
THEY WAS ASKING A QUESTION, WHAT CAN THEY DO TO BETTER THE GYM, THE COMMUNITY, AND WE COME OUT WITH SOME OUNCE ANSWERS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE STEERING COMMUNITY GOT INVOLVED.
I BOUGHT UP BOXING CUZ BOXING WAS GOOD FOR THE KIDS.
WE HAD, UH, ROUGHLY SEVEN KIDS THAT CAME OFF OF SOCCER NEXT YEAR.
I THINK THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE KIDS FOR THAT.
WE HAVEN'T HAD VOLLEYBALL IN SUCH A LONG TIME.
SO WE BROUGHT BACK VOLLEYBALL.
THAT WAS THE FIRST THING WE HAD FOR THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
THEN WE ALSO HAD CHRISTMAS ON CAUSEWAY, BUT WE GAVE EVERY KID THAT CAME THROUGH A TOY, THEY HAD A BIG BRUNCH THAT WE HAD SET UP.
WE HAVE AN EGG HUNTING AT THE BOOSTER CLUB THANKSGIVING.
EACH KID RECEIVER EASTER BASKET.
I SEE THINGS GOING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION, BUT I'M STILL CAUTIONED BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN TOMORROW.
MY TAKE ON THINGS GOING IS LOOKING THROUGH.
WE JUST GOTTA KEEP PUSHING FORWARD AND KEEP COMING OUT IN NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING.
ONCE YOU SHOW WHAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH, THE PEOPLE WILL HELP YOU.
I SEE THINGS BIGGER AND BETTER HERE BECAUSE NOW THE, THE SPOTLIGHT IS SHINING ON US.
I CAN LOOK INTO THE FUTURE AND I CAN SEE BRIGHTER THINGS HAPPENING NOW ONCE WE ALL COME AND GET US ONE, UH, I, THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR THE FUTURE.