{"id":201084,"date":"2025-09-05T01:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T01:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/201084\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T01:57:21","slug":"la-crosse-temporarily-closing-burns-cameron-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/201084\/","title":{"rendered":"La Crosse temporarily closing Burns, Cameron Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-111585\" data-id=\"111585\" data-aspect-ratio=\"740 \/ 416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Burns-Park-sign-1024x576.jpg\"  \/>Burns Park on September 4, 2025<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-111588\" data-id=\"111588\" data-aspect-ratio=\"740 \/ 416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cameron-Park-2-1024x576.jpg\"  \/>Cameron Park on September 4, 2025<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-111587\" data-id=\"111587\" data-aspect-ratio=\"740 \/ 416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cameron-Park-1-1024x576.jpg\"  \/>Cameron Park on September 4, 2025<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-111586\" data-id=\"111586\" data-aspect-ratio=\"740 \/ 416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Burns-Park-1024x576.jpg\"  \/>Burns Park on September 4, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"\/><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"\/><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The City of La Crosse is closing two of its downtown parks effective immediately. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The closing of Burns and Cameron parks is a temporary move according to Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis action is not taken lightly,\u201d he said in the statement announcing the closures.\u00a0\u201cWhile it may be easy to attribute the challenges in our parks solely to our unsheltered neighbors, the reality is more complex. Both sheltered and unsheltered individuals have contributed to behaviors that compromise the safety and integrity of these public spaces including selling drugs, drug use, violence, and other inappropriate conduct.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Recently, police have had more calls to the parks. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe atmosphere in these parks needs to improve,\u201d stated La Crosse Police Chief Shawn Kudron. \u201cWe have responded to\u00a0unsafe behaviors including\u00a0an increase in physical violence \u2014 fights,\u00a0drug use, and drug overdose\u00a0in these parks. We want to work together and focus on making our parks safe for all community members to use. Our staff will continue to approach all situations they respond to with compassion and respect, while maintaining\u00a0a strong focus on\u00a0public safety.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The release from the city said crews will clean the parks to remove any items that make them unsafe. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe strive to provide a park system that all community residents can enjoy in a safe and welcoming manner,\u201d added Parks Director Jay Odegaard. \u201cWhen safety concerns arise, park operations need to be closed until those concerns can be addressed and eliminated by staff.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No timetable was given by the city for when the parks would reopen. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur parks belong to everyone,\u201d said Mayor Washington-Spivey. \u201cThey are meant to be safe, welcoming spaces for families, children, and individuals from all walks of life. We cannot and will not condone behavior that disrupts that vision.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Burns Park on September 4, 2025 Cameron Park on September 4, 2025 Cameron Park on September 4, 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":201085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-201084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115149212588293586","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}