J Shakes, the artificial turf fields are for use by the high school sports teams and the recycling center is not abandoned, it is used for storage for the Farmers Market and other events at Mercerdale Park.  The recycling center building also houses public restrooms that allows most activities at the Park to be legally permitted.  If MICA begins construction, the loss of those restrooms will end many activities at the Park for the duration of their construction and probably forever.  I also take offense to your statement "Now it's our generations turn.....".  My family, over the decades paid taxes and bond levies to purchase these open spaces.  Maybe your generation should pay for a space for MICA instead of taking over someone else's Parkland.