Let Paradise Stand: Forget the Parking Lot

McKay Park is located in between 2 streams or brooks running north and south. This photo was taken while standing on the 2nd street bridge looking toward Palisade Avenue. This is the brook on the eastern side of the Park. 

For all those who live up stream of MacKay Park. Repair of the walls enclosing the brook will not guarantee that we will not see this again. If more of the grassy areas of the Park are taken away we lose more of Mother Nature's Sponge and increase the risk of this happening again. This area of the town is and always has been low lying. Englewood is built on a river bed. Nothing we do will be able to change that HISTORY. Ignoring it will only cause more problems. The homes along the West Side of the Park and the homes on the East Side will be negatively impacted. We do not need any more concrete in MacKay Park.