During the Jacksonville City Council meeting, the vice president of the Mandarin Athletic Association told council members that he hopes improvements will continue at Greenland Park.
, some saying the park was simply unsafe. Since then, improvements and repairs have been made.
“We’ve had some great athletes come out of that park. Matt Jones, who’s a quarterback for the New England Patriots, played at that park,” Terry McGriff, the association VP, told the council. “We just want it to be revitalized.” Parents shared their concerns about the condition of Greenland Park, sharing photos of rusty and worn-out playground equipment. News4Jax went there and saw the roofs in the dugouts had holes in them. The football fence was old and broken down.Then, the city stepped up, the old fence has since been taken down and replaced with a new one for when children play football in the fall.
Stephanie Gunter is a mother of three athletes who play sports for the Mandarin Athletic Association, and she hopes the city will continue making improvements.Her 10-year-old, Madelynn, is a football player. “The football field’s getting better now that we have a nice fence, so kids won’t get sliced on the legs because of the old fence we had,” Madelynn said.“It’s fun to be there. The staff at Mandarin Athletic Association is why we stay. They’re great coaches and they’re, just, great people,” Gunter said. They’re training them beyond sports — it’s life skills they’re learning, too.”
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