Following a $6 million renovation project at the Bayview K.C. Jones Playground in San Francisco that lasted more than a year, the park has reopened with a bigger play area, an improved ball field, new exercise equipment for adults, a walking path and a picnic lawn.

The environmentally-friendly design includes opportunities for nature exploration, 29 new trees and a bio-retention area that filters and stores stormwater with native plant vegetation to prevent flooding city sewers during larger storms, according to a city news release.

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