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Pony Pasture Rapids
Pony Pasture Rapids (also commonly referred as ''Pony Pasture'') is a section of the James River Park System that runs alongside the City of Richmond, VA.〔"Pony Pasture Rapids (JRPS)." Richmondoutside.com. January 1, 2014. Accessed October 5, 2014.〕 Nestled on the south bank of the James River downstream from the Huguenot Bridge, Pony Pasture is known for its local attractions of hiking, swimming, kayaking, and fishing.〔"James River Park System - Pony Pasture." Virginia.org. March 28, 2011. Accessed October 5, 2014.〕 It has become a place for the residents of Richmond to experience the outdoors without having to leave town.〔Richmondoutside.com〕 With the help of park volunteers and funding from recycling projects, access to the rapids was made possible.〔 The rapids, a class II, have become an introductory-level course for many rafters and kayakers in the area.〔 Aside from the rapids, Pony Pasture Park hosts a lot of off-water activity. In addition to the park, there is Williams Island, an uninhabited 100-acre stretch of land that is nestled in the middle of the James River.〔 Pony Pasture also has the largest parking lot in the James River Park System.〔
==History==
Originally an abandoned stretch of parkland, Pony Pasture was part of the seizure of Chesterfield County by the City of Richmond in 1969.〔Riggan, Phil. "Ralph White Recalls Rowdy Days at Pony Pasture." Richmond.com. November 30, 2012. Accessed October 5, 2014.〕 Known as “The Rocks” at the time, the park had a reputation for gang-related activity and violence, due to the lack of enforcement by law officials.〔 Because of this, when the James River Park System was created in 1970, Pony Pasture was often ignored because it was seen as an area of high crime.〔 Through the 1980s, the area was mostly occupied by the gangs The Pagans and The Hell’s Angels because law enforcement only calmed extreme gang-activity and did not attempt to prevent it.〔 Not until years later was the site finally claimed by park officials.
Pony Pasture began a transformation from a high-crime area to a family-oriented place when the Park System took over some years later.〔 It now has a reputation of not only being an easy access to the James River, but a place for other outdoor activities as well such as trail running, biking, and bird watching.〔Virginia.org〕 According to park official Ralph White, “police are really no longer required on a full time weekend basis as long as the traffic crowding is handled by volunteers”.〔
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