The basketball court in Majesty Gardens, St Andrew, was largely undeveloped when 31-year-old Andre Moore started playing the game there about two decades ago.

However, he said the long hours he spent on the fenceless “rockie rockie” court in the inner-city community not only honed his skills in the sport, but also effectively steered him away from juvenile delinquency.

It is why Moore was pleased that the court, which has undergone some level of renovation over the years, is now set to receive a comprehensive upgrade under the Comm-Unity Resilience and Transformation (CREATE) Project Community Space Renovation Initiative.