My Block, My Hood, My City aims to 'Save Streetball' in Chicago
When crews set up for a basketball tournament in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Friday, they made small improvements for a much larger mission: to"Save Streetball."
"If you have equipment that's out here that's in bad shape, that's just going to discourage people from coming out," said Leon Peatry, program manager with My Block, My Hood, My City."We deserve the best. The people in this community deserve the best, and we're going to make sure that they get that. No matter what, we're gonna make sure they get it."
"The reaction that we get from people when we put up these nets are, 'Thank you. We're so happy that somebody really cares about what's going on out here,'" Peatry said."It actually opens up my heart. It makes me want to go to basketball courts more, instead of indoor gyms; you know, being able to play outside, see the ball go through the rim," he said.
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