Outside and loving it: Pandemic jump in park use appears here to stay | Local Government
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, 2022-05-14 07:30:00,
As birds flew overhead on a warm spring day in early April 2021, about 100 people lounged, laughed, played and exercised in James Madison Park.
Dozens lay or sat on blankets with friends on the expansive grassy field. Others walked along the lakeshore, rode bikes, played volleyball or basketball, balanced on a slackline, threw a football, walked their dogs, listened to music or swung back and forth on swings.
The scene was just one day in one park in 2021 — the busiest year yet for both Madison and Dane County parks. Park use had already skyrocketed during the first year of the pandemic in 2020. But new figures show that popularity continued to grow the following year, and the trend is expected to continue.
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