Happenings in the parks
The last two months have been busy for the parks in Springfield. In October the Block Captains and SPAR teamed up with Celebration Church to paint the Hubbard and Market Street Klutho Bridges. In addition to painting, the group cut back the trees and picked up an inordinant amount of litter. Thank you to everyone who participated or donated money.
Speaking of bridge painting, so far our efforts to get the two overpass bridges in Klutho Park, the Pearl and Broad St. Bridges, have been fruitless. Streets and Drainage has told us that they are “no longer in the bridge painting business” and that we should pursue it through a neighborhood effort. While Painting the smaller historic bridges isn’t overwhelming, the effort and equipment needed for the larger bridges makes this unlikely. Other channels are being looked at to get this done. While I would like to praise the Streets and Drainage Dept for painting over the graffiti, the bridges need more TLC.
Parks and Recreation has been doing a better job of keeping up with the baseball diamond in Klutho Park, as well as unearthing a large section of the parks sidewalks in Klutho. Parks and Rec. also had many of the inactive, non-historic cinderblock buildings in the parks removed. The ones that remain are still in use by JEA. If anyone has any ideas of how to make the remaining buildings look nicer, please let us know.
The Parks task force has meet with JSO and DSI security about the situation with criminal activity in Confederate Park. DSI is working on providing SPAR with a list of what it requires of its officers. Among the items we spoke about was simply calling JSO when there is criminal activity in the park. This is also true for Springfield’s residents. It only takes a minute to call 630-0500, and tell them what you saw, and give a brief description. Sometimes we get desensitized to the "petty" crime around us. Don’t fall victim to that habit. When you see something, take the few minutes and call JSO.
As always, use the parks well, and use them often.
Speaking of bridge painting, so far our efforts to get the two overpass bridges in Klutho Park, the Pearl and Broad St. Bridges, have been fruitless. Streets and Drainage has told us that they are “no longer in the bridge painting business” and that we should pursue it through a neighborhood effort. While Painting the smaller historic bridges isn’t overwhelming, the effort and equipment needed for the larger bridges makes this unlikely. Other channels are being looked at to get this done. While I would like to praise the Streets and Drainage Dept for painting over the graffiti, the bridges need more TLC.
Parks and Recreation has been doing a better job of keeping up with the baseball diamond in Klutho Park, as well as unearthing a large section of the parks sidewalks in Klutho. Parks and Rec. also had many of the inactive, non-historic cinderblock buildings in the parks removed. The ones that remain are still in use by JEA. If anyone has any ideas of how to make the remaining buildings look nicer, please let us know.
The Parks task force has meet with JSO and DSI security about the situation with criminal activity in Confederate Park. DSI is working on providing SPAR with a list of what it requires of its officers. Among the items we spoke about was simply calling JSO when there is criminal activity in the park. This is also true for Springfield’s residents. It only takes a minute to call 630-0500, and tell them what you saw, and give a brief description. Sometimes we get desensitized to the "petty" crime around us. Don’t fall victim to that habit. When you see something, take the few minutes and call JSO.
As always, use the parks well, and use them often.
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