High-risers return to ground level
Life was slowly returning to the community of high-rise dwellers around Boyd Park this month as authorities managed the “cov-exit” by easing regulations around gatherings.
A mums’ group was meeting on the grass, gym sessions were underway, kids were on swings and the library chute was open.
The number of people who could meet in public was increased on June 1 to 20.
Caitlyn Gerecke, an instructor with the nearby F45 gym, was quick to take advantage of the new regulations.
She was in the park with a cart full of yoga mats and weights to run a session. “We’ve been running boot camps for two weeks now,” she said.
Kalpana Suraj, a seventh-floor resident of the Imagine Marco building, had been hanging out for the playground to re-open and was down at the...
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