I 'm an outdoors and athletic type person and when I was younger, I've spent ample time in the community parks. My most favorite to this day is the city of Atlanta park Washington park. I've first hand seen how that, now beautiful and community friendly park, transformed from a dangerous and hazardous to what it is now. I've recently been wanting to get into doing anything that has exercise and fitness to prevent myself from heart failure at such a young age. The drive for decent parks is too long. there is a park 5 mins from my house however the parks aren't really community friendly. The playgrounds are old and dated. There isn't new exercise equipment. There isn't proper care for the parks and the land is often neglected resulting in the decline in popularity and overall use of the parks. I would like to see an increase in the usage of public parks and their recreational facilities, but why update and restore the parks? My number one reason is becau
