Lovely chuncks of concrete running the entire length of the fence, invading my yard, not to mention all the trash that comes under the fence from the park.

This is an image of the grapevines. They are taking over my yard, suffocating the surrounding trees. In some instances they reach up to 20 feet. City of St. Paul, maintain your park!!!

Everything the city has done to the park has been very poor. They did put in lights, but whoever refilled the ground after, did a terrible job. You can walk up to most of the new lights and see great big holes in the ground, where it has not been properly filled and the rain has eroded the ground. So frustrating. I don't see that at Cherokee park. Why? There are not weeds overgrown in the sand and plants invading peoples yards.

I cannot believe how poorly maintained this park is. When I inquired on the city parks dept fb page, they told me Douglas park is 27th on the list for rehab. Are you kidding me?? There are WORSE PARKS??? I feel so bad for the houses around this park? It must bring down their value immensely. I would be interested to see how the 26 other sites ahead of Douglas rate for socio economic status. I hope Douglas doesn't get ignored because of the lower median income of those of us around the site.

It's all still there!

Due to the weather, this is something that we will need to check into once the weather breaks and the snow is gone.

The Grapevines where kept at bay this summer, but there is still a rusty fence and chunks of Concrete in my yard. Issue is not resolved!

BY check on, im going to assume that is city speak for, ignore completely. I have lived in the neighborhood for a year and a half.... nothing has changed.

We do understand the issue has not been resolved and due to the winter, we are not able to remove the concrete at this time. We did visit the site and we were not able to see some of the issues at this time due to the weather conditions. This is something that we are going to revisit once the weather permits.

I apologize, but I just dont believe that. This park is in desperate need of a facelift, and it is seriously neglected each year.

I will await to see what is done during spring, but as just about nothing was done last year, I will not hold my breath, and I will not be taking my children here. Poor neighbors, this must really affect their home value.... and not for the better.

I live next to the park, the fence boarders on my property. I have lived here for 9 years! I asked starting in 2005 for the fence to be replaced and the other issues to be addressed. NOTHING has been done. Always some excuse. The Fence needs to go!
And yes, it is affecting the value of my home!

Perhaps the next step is a media campaign. You can be sure that this spring I will be reaching out if nothing is done. I would encourage you to do the same. It seems nothing will be done until more attention is brought to it. The city does not care.

I agree, and I have thought of it. At this point, this may be our only option.

Close due to timeline.

Why was this closed when the issue has not been resolved?

This is something that we are aware of and cannot do anything until the weather breaks.

Its still there!

Done! Thanks!