City Councilmember Jennifer Campbell joined City staff and the community today to celebrate the completion of major accessibility improvements at Olive Grove Community Park in Clairemont.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis park is very popular with this community and used by many San Diego residents, and it was ready for some improvements to enhance the experience for all park visitors,\u201d City Councilmember Jennifer Campbell said. \u201cToday’s ribbon cutting signifies the full reopening of the new and improved Olive Grove Community Park. The park is now ready to be enjoyed by the neighbors and given the love it deserves by the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an effort to provide more accessible recreational spaces for all San Diegans, the project included upgrades to the children\u2019s play areas, comfort station and walkways. Those areas now comply with federal and state accessibility requirements. Construction also included resurfacing the parking lot and basketball courts, replacing portions of the landscaping and irrigation system, adding new trash enclosures and building a new plaza area.<\/p>\n
The City\u2019s Engineering and Capital Projects Department managed the project, which cost $6.6 million and was funded in part by a $3 million state grant.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a special day when we can open a renewed space for the community to enjoy,\u201d said Andy Field, Director of the City\u2019s Parks and Recreation Department. \u201cThese improvements at Olive Grove Community Park were long overdue and we are excited to welcome back the public to a space that will be enjoyed for decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 9.2-acre park was constructed in 1970 and had been upgraded several times, including a lighting upgrade in 1995 and a children\u2019s playground upgrade in 1998, before these improvements.<\/p>\n
The Parks and Recreation Department manages over 43,000 acres of park assets, including more than 500 parks, 14 miles of shoreline, 64 recreation centers, 16 pools, 13 skate parks and plazas and three golf courses. For additional information about the City\u2019s park system, visit the Parks and Recreation webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City Councilmember Jennifer Campbell joined City staff and the community today to celebrate the completion of major accessibility…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-416092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}