laura giese, the crew's chief of staff hopes the 1.5 million investment in the park will help revitalize the entire neighborhood. >> being able to do something for the community, by the community, is critical, for me as a person and, i think, for us as an organization. looking at all the people who have committed a beautiful saturday to come out and clean up this perk is incredible. >> reporter: even before they come play a game, it is incredible. many of the volunteers came from the apartments right across the street from the park. >> yeah. i think we are all fans already. i think in june, right, it is the first one. we are excited to see the progress of the park that is built slowly and surely. >> we are excited to see the transformation happening. i want to say so quickly but it has been a lot of work in a long time coming. >> no. not a lot of population here. now, we are seeing a lot more families enjoying the park which is fantastic. >> we are going to make it something that oakland -- especially west oakland -- deserves. this is going to be something that everybody can really benef