ALTADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- There's something deeper to parks than meets the eye. They offer a space for rest, community and art.

In Altadena, there's a massive effort to save them.

"Every park - every park in Altadena - sustained hundreds of millions of dollars in fire damage," said Kathryn Barger, the Los Angeles County Supervisor who represents that community.

Inside the gym at Loma Alta Park, the first to reopen after the Eaton Fire, Barger announced more than $60 million has been secured through nonprofit, public and private sectors for the restoration of these green spaces.

"This is driven from the bottom up. This is not bureaucracy telling the community what they want," Barger told Eyewitness News. "We're letting the community give us input and feedback in terms of what they wan

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