Public Space

Why it is a Great Park

There is a park about half of a mile from my house that is called Lazy Jay Park. This park is approximately one block long and half of a block wide, the land has been a public space for as long as I have been alive. Lazy Jay is a great fairly large park with lots of space for sports and other activities. It also has a great play area with swings and slides. Lazy Jay is a great place to bring your child to teach them how to interact with other children or even teach them sports such as how to catch a baseball.  The location of the park is on the outskirts of the San Fernando Valley which is nice because personally living on the outskirts you find that you have to drive further to get to most things such as a grocery store or the mall. Knowing that the government notices this and would place a park in the middle of all the homes is comforting. Whenever someone in that area decides to take a walk or bike ride they are more than welcome to ride through the park and get some exercising done. Many people go to the park and there are a lot of groups that gather there to get projects and meetings done. Lazy Jay is well groomed and taken care of on a regular basis so it is not at all a damper on the community, it actually makes it much better.

Reasons to Renovate

The ways in which I would renovate Lazy Jay Park would be to add more concrete to it. I have been living in the same house since I was one years old and since elementary school I have been skateboarding. I grew up getting to know many skateboarders who lived in the area. Almost every one of those friends of mine who used to skateboard do not today and one main reason for that is because there are no places to practice relatively close. If a skate park were to be added to Lazy Jay even a small one the amount of kids that would normally be home on their computers or playing video games would be out exercising. If the skate park was anywhere close to decent people from further away would come to visit it and the small businesses around it would potentially get more business which is always a good thing. The skate park could also put on events and all around support the community. The park as of now is focused mainly on the part of the community that plays sports, jogs, and has kids under the age of 10. This leaves a good amount of people in the community with absolutely no use for Lazy Jay Park. If anything another part of the community the skateboarders would have a place to go and people interested in skateboarding even a little bit would be able to go and watch stunts be performed free of charge. Another great reason for building a skate park within Lazy Jay is the mere idea of taking those skateboarders who are normally busy bothering store owners by skateboarding in front of their establishments and giving them an alternative place to skate freely.