GA pilot reported encountering a large group of people exercising on the taxiway.

Attributes
ACN	1591133
Time
Date	201811
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MNZ.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35 Flight Crew Total 395 Flight Crew Type 75
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird

Narrative:

Upon clear of active runway while taxiing up to the ramp I notice a group of people exercising on the ramp in front of [the] new hangars. Cars were parked on the ramp where airplanes tie down. There had to be about 25 people exercising in a group. Some parents had their kids running around on taxiways and on the ramp to the new hangars. The exercising group did leave [the] taxiway and moved to one side to yield to plane traffic. They did not move their cars though. This just can't happen. I've heard about this problem from other people that fly out of here also. I can't believe the city would allow this to go on. I'm not one to tattle tale or one to cause problems. This is just dangerous. I've heard the exercise group said they have a right to be out at the airport since it [is] city owned. Maybe so; they don't need to be in the way of airplanes taxiing around for takeoff or landing. Maybe they could move to a part of the airport that's not used by planes.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA pilot reported encountering a large group of people exercising on the taxiway.

Narrative: Upon clear of active runway while taxiing up to the ramp I notice a group of people exercising on the ramp in front of [the] new hangars. Cars were parked on the ramp where airplanes tie down. There had to be about 25 people exercising in a group. Some parents had their kids running around on taxiways and on the ramp to the new hangars. The exercising group did leave [the] taxiway and moved to one side to yield to plane traffic. They did not move their cars though. This just can't happen. I've heard about this problem from other people that fly out of here also. I can't believe the city would allow this to go on. I'm not one to tattle tale or one to cause problems. This is just dangerous. I've heard the exercise group said they have a right to be out at the airport since it [is] city owned. Maybe so; they don't need to be in the way of airplanes taxiing around for takeoff or landing. Maybe they could move to a part of the airport that's not used by planes.

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