The Gunter Annex housing office recently sent out a notification stating they will be removing three of the playgrounds within the Gunter Annex housing area. With NO plans on replacing or upgrading the exsisting equipment Gunter Annex families and children are once again put aside for projects on Maxwell. Lets show the Maxwell-Gunter Annex Housing office our families matter too. Sign this petition to support new development and upgrade of all the playground equipment in Gunter housing. Why is Gunter so forgotten? We have no BX a shoppett that closes at 8 and might as well not even open on Sunday and one of the worst gyms in the military. At the very least give us proper playgrounds to enjoy our off time with family and friends. So Gunter Housing instead of tearing them down lets build them up so we can all have a brighter future.
With about 270 family's living on Gunter Hunt rakes in approximately $3.24 million from our little base alone for them to say " The removal of the playgrounds will allow us to better maintain the existing playgrounds at Gunter." is ridiculous. Gunter deserves new equipment help us show Hunt we want it by signing this petition.
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August 11, 2015
I have spent the last few days walking the empty lots where equipment used to stand and it hurts to see our kids lose these spaces. I am currently compiling a list of maintenance failures to present to the housing office because we deserve transparency about where our rent money actually goes.
August 11, 2015
Seeing this kind of energy for our neighborhood proves that we are tired of being treated like an afterthought. It means so much to know that my neighbors feel the same frustration about our kids losing their space to play.
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Paying to live on base should ensure quality for our family. One of the reasons we chose base housing is based upon the amenities- one of which was a rumored a free standing splash pad for Gunter that we've yet to see construction on. My hope by signing this is that will make a difference.
I have 2 children and its already bad enough that the pool will be closing over on Gunter soon enough. I believe that the parks should stay and be updated. My child cant even swing on the one close to us on Fisher. :(
We lived on Maxwell AFB for several years and are retired now but do notice that on both Bases the difference in the care of both locations but certainly do think Gunter is getting the real short end of the stick if they start removing the playgrounds for children.. that is the first sign of bad times or bad management .. but either way it can be avoided.. Agree this certainly should not happen.
Budgets cuts are an everyday thing now...but the children are our future! Society tells us to take them outside and let them enjoy the outside...taking away playgrounds limits us parents into doing that and will lead us to the big no-no professionals always talk about...t.v., video games, electronics. Keep the playgrounds open! Fix them!
There needs to be a new playground
We pay way too much money to live on base. We should at least have better playgrounds for our kids.
With a baby on the way I was really looking forward to the family friendly environment that I thought Gunter had... This is really sad news.
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The Gunter Annex housing office recently sent out a notification stating they will be removing three of the playgrounds within the Gunter Annex housing area. With NO plans on replacing or upgrading the exsisting equipment Gunter Annex families and children are once again put aside for projects on Maxwell. Lets show the Maxwell-Gunter Annex Housing office our families matter too. Sign this petition to support new development and upgrade of all the playground equipment in Gunter housing. Why is Gunter so forgotten? We have no BX a shoppett that closes at 8 and might as well not even open on Sunday and one of the worst gyms in the military. At the very least give us proper playgrounds to enjoy our off time with family and friends. So Gunter Housing instead of tearing them down lets build them up so we can all have a brighter future.
With about 270 family's living on Gunter Hunt rakes in approximately $3.24 million from our little base alone for them to say " The removal of the playgrounds will allow us to better maintain the existing playgrounds at Gunter." is ridiculous. Gunter deserves new equipment help us show Hunt we want it by signing this petition.
Updates
August 11, 2015
I have spent the last few days walking the empty lots where equipment used to stand and it hurts to see our kids lose these spaces. I am currently compiling a list of maintenance failures to present to the housing office because we deserve transparency about where our rent money actually goes.
August 11, 2015
Seeing this kind of energy for our neighborhood proves that we are tired of being treated like an afterthought. It means so much to know that my neighbors feel the same frustration about our kids losing their space to play.
13 Comments
We love living on base, but Gunter definitely doesn't come close to having equal amenities as Maxwell, despite many of our service members working over at Maxwell. All housing events are held over at Maxwell, which can be a haul with kids in tow and traffic to deal with. Please support our military families and invest in Gunter.
Paying to live on base should ensure quality for our family. One of the reasons we chose base housing is based upon the amenities- one of which was a rumored a free standing splash pad for Gunter that we've yet to see construction on. My hope by signing this is that will make a difference.
I have 2 children and its already bad enough that the pool will be closing over on Gunter soon enough. I believe that the parks should stay and be updated. My child cant even swing on the one close to us on Fisher. :(
We lived on Maxwell AFB for several years and are retired now but do notice that on both Bases the difference in the care of both locations but certainly do think Gunter is getting the real short end of the stick if they start removing the playgrounds for children.. that is the first sign of bad times or bad management .. but either way it can be avoided.. Agree this certainly should not happen.
Budgets cuts are an everyday thing now...but the children are our future! Society tells us to take them outside and let them enjoy the outside...taking away playgrounds limits us parents into doing that and will lead us to the big no-no professionals always talk about...t.v., video games, electronics. Keep the playgrounds open! Fix them!
There needs to be a new playground
We pay way too much money to live on base. We should at least have better playgrounds for our kids.
With a baby on the way I was really looking forward to the family friendly environment that I thought Gunter had... This is really sad news.
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We love living on base, but Gunter definitely doesn't come close to having equal amenities as Maxwell, despite many of our service members working over at Maxwell. All housing events are held over at Maxwell, which can be a haul with kids in tow and traffic to deal with. Please support our military families and invest in Gunter.