Lafayette Park

Angel Marquez 2 months ago

Not a public park anymore! Unless you are enrolled in the senior program or are a student in the after school program, this is not a park open to the public. At least not the facilities on site. As a kid i used to volunteer at this park and we treated all guest as equals but that has changed. Needing a little time alone to just sit and relax away from everyday life, i went to the park to relax under the shade eith a nice breeze and just get calm and meditate or think about life and what i need to do next and all that was nice and much needed. However, As i sat there and ate my lunch, i had a urge to use the restroom and was gonna wait til i got home so i packed up my book and my belongings had with me (i was making a dream catcher), that slight urge became more urgent so i walked around trying to get to the restroom which i already knew where it was from yrs ago. However the doors were locked with a cage door as it was before but considering staff was onsite with several seniors there for the senior citizen program, i walked to the back door, side door and both front doors and shockingly they were all dead bolted shut. At the front door, a staff member saw me and opened the door so

Marina S 10 months ago

Is this a PUBLIC PARK ? The people won't let anyone even seniors use the facility unless they look right to those who work here. The park has black windows all around the areas are not kept the grounds like the tennis court are run down and the flower beds are full of animal waste. The workers are very rude I don't know why or if they get paid but this is a waste of tax payers dollars.

Darrien Wilson 2 years ago

I used to come to this park all the time now its all bad my husband and i have nine kids. We have Parked our motorhome on public parking was there no longer than 40mins almost a hour no one came over to speak to us they just call the parked ranger when they have homeless people walking through the park and sleeping at the which is no problem for us because we know how it feels to be homeless but the park was made for kids and your harssing kids...Then a employee told one of our kids that was coloring instead of opening their grown mouth to an actual adult that they cant stay parked their if they dont have kids. Whats funny is we just brought the rv we have all our documents from dmv i can park on public street longer then 24 hours because of my disabled placecard that they didnt ask for then going to tell my husband yall are fine yall havent been here even a hour yet havent stayed more then 72 hours. Then going to lie and say we stayed a day last week no our daughter came inside the center someone told her the center doesnt open until 1-5 also the pool. Then at 11:45 we left to walmart to pick up. Kids shouldnt have to leave a place that was made for them yall dont have a heart eig

Rosa Pulido Edited 2 years ago

Well this park really needs to kick out the homeless more and make it safer for the kids but in the summer they have a cute shallow pool for the little ones but the city does patrol often hope it gets better

Sharon Valenzuela Edited 5 years ago

Great staff but the surrounding neighborhood is too far gone. The element that frequents the park is bad! Update: Feb. 24, 2021.I would like to thank the staff for doing a fantastic job with the after school activities, where the kids are supervised and they are signed in and signed out by the parents only. They provide much needed distractions from our current situation with the covid. Thank you guy's you are doing a great job!