ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For as long as Heather Black can remember, the grass field and this playground at Collet Park Elementary have always been open to the community after school hours. “I think that this park was something that the neighborhood really loved and enjoyed. I would see people playing basketball. I would see families flying kites, having picnics, soccer games,” said Black.
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As a Northeast Heights resident for the last 13 years, Black said she was shocked to see a fence and gate put up around the school within the last year, blocking off access to the public. “So it’s really just removed a really, I think, necessary part of our neighborhood. It’s removed it from us without any notice or any sort of, you know, input,” said Black…