When Stanislaus County opened Grayson’s United Community Center and Park 20 years ago, it was a game-changer for a community with almost no resources. But now, the hand-me-down play equipment and pockmarked soccer fields no longer meet the community’s needs.
John X Mataka, a longtime community leader in Grayson, said that since the park opened, it’s become a community hub in an area largely isolated from major development elsewhere in the county.
“We’re out here in the middle of nowhere and as the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind,” Mataka said…