Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Springbrook Park Picnic Photos
Wanted to share some photos from the picnic sponsored tonight by Lakewood First Lions and the city to brighten the day for folks in the Springbrook neighborhood. There was a shooting in this park a couple weeks ago. Folks had been skittish about being there. The one photo of the gent with a book shows him a few seconds after someone gave him the book. The volunteers who help give grants for human services in Lakewood talked to residents about the needs of their neighborhood.
This was all part of an effort to get some survey information and help the city better target the human services giving. Fellow Councilman Don Anderson and I met some nice folks and heard a lot of interesting stories.
One idea: put in some soccer posts so kids can play soccer on a marked field.
This park is all the neighborhood has; kids go to school at Tyee Park, located clear over and well past the highway overpass. There's no neighborhood community center or anything like that.
