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Oakland, CA\u00a0\u2013 Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, City leaders, and community partners gathered in Mosswood Park to celebrate the completion of the new Mosswood Recreation Center and improvements to the iconic park.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The Mosswood Recreation Center is a new two-story, 12 thousand+ square-foot recreation center in North Oakland. The new facility replaces a 1950s-era Recreation Center building that was lost in a fire in November 2016. Oakland Public Works led the design and construction of the project; Oakland Parks, Recreation & Youth Development will operate the completed facility.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis new Mosswood Recreation Center represents what\u2019s possible when a city comes together and invests in its people. After the 2016 fire, this community never gave up, and today we are proud to open a beautiful, modern space where families can gather, learn, and thrive. From classrooms and a computer lab to a maker space and outdoor terrace, this center will serve generations of Oaklanders. This is what it looks like when we rebuild stronger. Oakland is on the move!\u201d said\u00a0Mayor\u00a0Barbara Lee.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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“The new Mosswood Recreation Center represents years of commitment to rebuilding a place that serves the needs of our neighborhoods. After the loss of the previous facility in 2016, this project reflects the importance of investing in resources that bring people together. With features like a social hall, kitchen, classrooms, computer lab, maker space, and outdoor terrace, this site is designed to support learning, connection, and recreation for Oakland residents. Paired with the improvements to Mosswood Park, this is a monumentous step forward in providing accessible, high-quality, public resources in District 3,” said\u00a0Oakland District 3 Councilmember Carroll Fife.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cOakland Public Works is proud to have led a robust community engagement process spanning\u00a0almost two years\u00a0which helped ensure\u00a0a building\u00a0that\u00a0will serve this\u00a0community\u00a0for many decades to come,\u201d said\u00a0Public Works Director\u00a0Liam Garland.\u00a0\u201cI am grateful to the project team at Oakland Public Works and our partners at Oakland Parks, Recreation & Youth Development for working side by side with\u00a0a\u00a0community\u00a0that never gave up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis project has been a long time coming, and I\u2019m so excited to welcome the community back into this beautiful new space\u00a0to learn, create, play, and grow,\u201d said\u00a0Terri Westbrook, Director for the Mosswood Recreation Center.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The Mosswood Recreation Center incorporates sustainable design principles and the City’s \u2018Art in Public Places\u2019 program. It will be inclusive of a diverse community of users, universally accessible, and flexible in use. The ground floor of the facility includes a social hall, kitchen, inclusion classroom, and office and support spaces. The second floor includes classrooms, a computer lab, a maker space, and an outdoor terrace. Following the fire, temporary facilities were installed to house core center programs, such as after school programs, summer camp, computer lab and cooking classes.<\/p>\n
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Park improvements along the southern\u00a0portion\u00a0of the park property include planting, pathways and lighting, improvements to the existing parking lot, a new fire access road at the north side of the building and improved east-west connection across the park.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Funding for the $20.8 million project was provided by Oakland\u2019s 2016 Infrastructure and Affordable Housing Bond Measure KK and 2022 Public Facilities Bond Measure U, as well as grants from the Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program and the State of California Natural Resources Agency. JUV Inc.\u00a0was\u00a0the contractor for the project.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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