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"This is a place where we can all connect," 13-year-old De'Angelyna Clark tells the Virginian-Pilot.
Clark is referring to the city of Virginia Beach's free Parks After Dark program, which runs from 6pm to 11pm every Thursday and Saturday night through Aug.
24 in local parks.
The idea is to get kids out of the house and away from violence, and it's working, with crime rates down in the city's Bayside neighborhood during the hours of Parks After Dark compared to the previous summer.
The program is modeled after a similar program in Los Angeles called Summer Night Lights, which city officials visited in 2022.
"This is a distraction from the bad stuff," Clark says.
Several of the middle school and high school children who attended Thursday said fights among both teen boys and girls have been an issue in their neighborhoods.
Kylan Rousseau, 12, agreed.
"It's a safe environment for kids," he says, adding he'd otherwise be at home playing video games.
Some 12,000 people attended the program last summer, and police officers, chaplains, and patrol aides are on hand.
The city council heard more about the program and other youth-related services at a meeting Tuesday.
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