San Bruno’s long-awaited Florida Avenue Park finally opened on Aug. 14, offering residents the first taste of the new exercise equipment, swings and playground they’ll get to enjoy for years to come.

The plot of land the park is situated on at the corner of Florida and Taylor avenues was originally purchased by the city more than a decade ago, in 2014. The original goal of the purchase was a park or open space, however, it sat empty for several reasons, including a dispute over bringing down trees on the property, Mayor Rico Medina said.

“It was purchased out of a couple reasons — could it be an open space? To what if someone purchased it and wanted to build more housing in an already congested impacted area,” he said. “That had been kind of a plan and a thought early on, not soon afte

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