Chris Jiggetts approached the city's Parks and Recreation Department with a vision to transform the aging courts.

"I like to bring things to life with paint," Jiggetts said.

The city quickly approved his proposal after reviewing his reference pictures, and Jiggetts got to work with help from his nephew.

"He did the weed-eating, filling in the cracks," Jiggetts explained. "Next was the outlining of the basketball courts... so the drawing in chalk. Then the paint."

The renovation didn't stop with just the court surface. Jiggetts also refurbished the basketball equipment.

"I also did the basketball goals and rims and did the new nets," he said.

Horace Fitzgerald, who has lived across from the courts for two decades, witnessed the transformation firsthand.

"It was looking bad, had done

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