Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
JUST recently our residential community in Parañaque sprung ideas of building over our existing village park. It's a precious open green space in an approximately 500-meter perimeter spot surrounded by decades-old trees. It is the center of our neighborhood life. It has a multipurpose pergola that served as our community pop-up market during the pandemic and doubles up as a site for Zumba and community meetings. Now there are new ideas of building a swimming pool and an artificial turf for football. While I support the idea of promoting sports, I am concerned about converting an already rare gem, open green space, into a paved and built-up sports facility that can't be properly maintained anyway. I have become a vocal park advocate in my community.