It takes a village to raise a child and the continued support of that village to help a child succeed in a community. Many studies have shown that building healthy relationships and spending time with your family friends and others in your community can help improve mental well-being. In the city of Pittsfield we have nothing… no family venues and to be fair we have nothing in surrounding cities throughout Berkshire County. What we do have is 24 Marijuana Dispensaries throughout the county. We have more cannabis Dispensaries, Than we have youth facilities. There is absolutely nothing wrong with marijuana dispensaries we just need balance. We have a Boys & Girls club and a Y. That’s all! What can the many youth and young adults do in the community? Please comment suggestions. We don’t want our youth using drugs but that is all that is pushed. If you look up at a billboard it says cannabis 2 miles away. When I was growing up we had McGruff and fire safety tips. We have no family venues in our city or surrounding cities. If you want to do anything you have to drive out of town over a hour, IF YOU DRIVE. WE BELIEVE OUR YOUTH AND FAMILIES DESERVE MORE. Youth and families need things they can do and enjoy with friends. Boredom resulting from lack of recreational opportunities leads to adolescent inappropriate leisure time activities. Boredom leads to risky behaviors for at risk teens and tweens. We must keep in mind the youth of todays generation are not the same as the youth of past generations. I will take forward thinkers hearing from the youth today in order to know what will work for the youth today. Please sign this petition and let PITTSFIELD KNOW THE YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES DESERVE MORE. OUR GOAL is to open a Roller Skating Rink. This roller rink will not be your average. We plan to host youth peer conflict resolution meetings. We plan to have a state of the are concession stand where we can teach culinary classes on weekend. We plan to host the homeless one night a week on a Tuesday from 9P-7A as a drop in. Most important about drop in is we plan to connect them with much needed services. We will sanitize each day. We are planning to have a local boxer teach youth boxing. We will have Yoga, fitness and health classes weekly. Will be able to be rented for bday parties, anniversaries and more. It will not only be a roller rink it will also be a major community resource. Through preventive intervention measures as a organization partnering with the community WE CAN MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES, THAT LEAD TO POSITIVE PERSONAL GROWTH. OUR DREAM IS TO MAKE THIS A REALITY. With your help and support we can. We have collected over 2,300 written signatures and it was recently suggested we create a change.org petition.