Reading the article it sounds like it is a real shit show there. Covid comes along and kids and adults have nothing else to do so they look to the outdoors. Younger kids don't have a place to go but the local park. I think this quote gives a gauge on how tuned in the chairman is to the use of his park: “I think maybe after the lockdown here with COVID … I think there was an upsurge in park usage,” McLaughlin said. "I think maybe"? How about definitely. And there is a dog park but not an area for mountain biking?
How about give the mtn bikers and area to maintain and keep an eye on renegade trail and destruction. Riders that don't know any better will cut logs and pile dirt to make a quick and shitty jump - they don't know any better and are lazy. A good line would take less than an acre of land and can be safe for any level of rider if built properly.
in out town they removed the port-o-john from the parking lot (same as in CR) - you could guess what that lead to.....
so "no mountain biking" and they enforce that - how about allowing mtb, and enforce no littering?
no drinking alc? etc.
then we have to close the parking lot cause the garbage is overflowing - rather than bringing in a dumpster for the weekend.
yes it costs money, but the kids do need a place to play, even in these times. don't force them into unpatrolled woods, or basements.
i need to go paint over some tagging that was done on our bridge...wasn't even artistic.