Strawberry Park 4eva

Just prior the new year, I decided to see what Strawberry park looks like now, after the clean-up in August. As you can see, this picture was taken before the recent snowfalls. I was happy to see a boy and his mother playing on the newly painted basketball court. On the tennis courts, youths played a friendly game of soccer.

The overgrown weeds surrounding the perimeter of the park were gone.  Although the basketball nets were not hung, a colorful mural was painted on the court, a marked improvement from the various tags scribbled on it prior to the clean-up.  The boy's mother said that someone had been coming once a week or so to maintain the improvements to the park.

Part of the Solution youth council, Straight Ahead Ministries, the Lynn DPW and the Essex County Community Organization (ECCO) were among the groups who participated in this park restoration.

See what the electrical box below looked like before the cleanup.