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Riverside has reopened some of its parks and is looking to bring back others.
Now available to the public are neighborhood parks, tennis and pickle ball courts, trails at Sycamore Canyon and the disc golf course at Martha McLean Park, according to a statement.
All community and senior centers are still closed, as well as Mount Rubidoux, Fairmount Park Golf Course, all gated parks, parking lots, restrooms, drinking fountains, athletic fields and pools.
Riverside officials are anxious to reopen those facilities but will not do so until it’s safe, Mayor pro tem Erin Edwards said.
“Public health has been and continues to be the city’s primary goal during this pandemic,” Edwards said in the statement. “We want to re-open as soon as possible, but the stakes of moving too quickly are high. Riverside city leaders are weighing all facts to make decisions … within the context of state and county orders.”
Several factors went into determining which parks were reopened, including whether patrons can practice social distancing and whether an activity there would cause physical contact between two or more people, according to the statement.
