Greenspoint opens Ida Gaye Park for seniors

Pictured at the ribbon cutting ceremony for Ida Gaye Gardens Park are: Ray Bejarano

By JULIETA PAITA
Greenspoint District, along with several partnerships Intercontinental Chamber of Commerce, the Greens Bayou Corridor Coalition, the Greater Greenspoint Redevelopment Authority, the North Houston Association, had a grand opening of a new park, Ida Gaye Gardens on Thursday, April 28, 2011.
Texas Parks and Wildlife approved a grant to built Ida Gaye Gardens, a park designed to promote recreation and moderate physical activities for senior citizens. The park is located at Langwick Drive and West Hardy Toll Road, and it’s adjacent to a senior living center.
Cherno Nije donated the property and the park has been named Ida Gaye to honor his mother.

Cherno Nije has “good business practices and good deeds for our community,” Jack Drake, president of Greenspoint District said.
Phase 1 of the process has been completed, a phase 2 continues. “We now begin the process of adding exercise equipment that is senior citizen friendly, there will be some race gardens for people who are in wheel-chairs, we will have accesibility for gardening activities,and there will be an area for low-impact exercise,” Regina Lindsey, Executive Director of the Greens Bayou Corridor Coalition said.
Once completed phase 2, the park will provide what seniors citizens’ feed back showed and what they requested during the public planning process.