City Of Davis: City Open Renovated Parks This Saturday, July 17

Press release from the City Of Davis:

July 13, 2021 2:38 pm

The City of Davis announced today that it will host grand re-opening ceremonies at four City parks on Saturday, July 17, 2021.  

The City has been recognized as national demonstration sites for “play on” promoting physical activity in all of our recently renovated parks.

The reopening festivity schedule is below. City Councilmembers and Recreation and Park Commissioners will be on hand to officially welcome the amenities into play.

•9:00 am – El Macero Estates Greenbelt located at 5525 Rodgers St.
•10:00 am – Southfield located at on Benbow Court
•11:00 am – Willowcreek located at 3800 Cowell Blvd
•12:00pm - Village Park located at 919 Arnold Drive

The Parks & Community Services Department was a recipient of a grant funded by the 2019 California Park and Recreation Society State-wide Healthy Play Initiative. This is the third year for the funding and educational partnership between the California Parks and Recreation Society (CPRS), Gametime and PlayCore.  

The City received a grant of $163,130 that assisted with the renovation of seven play areas, including these four and three others that opened a few weeks ago. The renovation was additionally funded in part from the Parks Tax measure and Park Impact Fees from development projects. These grants helped leverage City resources to meet its playground replacement schedule goals.

For more information about the parks, please contact Anne Marquez at amarquez@cityofdavis.org or Dale Sumersille at dsumersille@cityofdavis.org.

Press contact: Barbara Archer, barcher@cityofdavis.org, 530-400-3418

This press release was produced by the City Of Davis. The views expressed here are the author’s own.