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This longtime community park is now a Gainesville city park

Gainesville resident Harvey Rooks visits HH Dean Memorial Park at a triangle shaped lot at Northside Drive and Ridgewood Avenue Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Rooks once lived next to the park which was donated to the Gainesville Friends of the Parks Inc. to be administered in trust by the North Georgia Community Foundation, Inc. which Rooks is treasurer. - photo by Scott Rogers

02092021 PARK 3.jpg — Gainesville resident Harvey Rooks visits HH Dean Memorial Park at a triangle shaped lot at Northside Drive and Ridgewood Avenue Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Rooks once lived next to the park which was donated to the Gainesville Friends of the Parks Inc. to be administered in trust by the North Georgia Community Foundation, Inc. which Rooks is treasurer. - photo by Scott Rogers

Nestled in Gainesville’s Ridgewood community is an 87-year-old triangular park that has had a lot of community investment over the years.