MLK Park in Bakersfield will receive upgrades under the new parks and recreation improvement plan, including a new community center, improved sports fields, and new playgrounds.
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This is the site of the new community center at MLK Park, and this park and others will receive a much-needed facelift under the city of Bakersfield’s new parks and recreation improvement plan.
Walking through MLK Park, it’s easy to see the property needs some upgrades.
“I grew up playing basketball here, playing softball in the church leagues here, so when I returned after being gone for 30 years, it kinda hurt me a little bit to see the condition that it was in,” Rick Anthony, the director of the recreation and parks department for the city of Bakersfield, said.
Anthony showed 23ABC some of the areas of concern, like the outdated community center and old spray park.