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What Gainesville residents want to see in city parks

Mack Cain, a park planner working with the Gainesville Parks and Recreation, speaks during a meeting taking input from the public on the parks master plan at the Gainesville Civic Center on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele

01182019 PARKS 001.JPG — Mack Cain, a park planner working with the Gainesville Parks and Recreation, speaks during a meeting taking input from the public on the parks master plan at the Gainesville Civic Center on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele

Gainesville residents told parks employees and planners Thursday that they hoped to see more biking and walking trails — an idea that planners said was popular across demographics and also was requested at similar meetings for Hall County Parks and Leisure.