Temecula's Butterfield Park To Reopen With Unique New Playground

TEMECULA, CA — The City of Temecula will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the first of several new themed playgrounds being constructed at various parks around the City. Utilizing Measure S funds together with other funding sources, the City is now able to renovate many of its existing parks and playgrounds to ensure they are safe, up to date, and creatively designed for the enjoyment of its youngest citizens for years to come.

Butterfield Stage Park, located at 33654 De Portola Road, is scheduled to re-open on November 1, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. with a brand new playground themed as “Nature’s Tree House.”

Temecula Mayor Maryann Edwards will host the unveiling ceremony and welcome approximately one hundred 2nd graders from neighboring Crowne Hill Elementary School. These 7 and 8 year olds will be among Temecula’s first children to explore the new playground featuring a nature inspired treehouse hide-away.

“Many of the City’s older playgrounds have reached their life expectancy and we are able to update them thanks mainly to Measure S funding,” stated Mayor Maryann Edwards. “The City is also reconstructing and expanding the snack bar at Ronald Reagan Sports Park, replacing the pool deck and plaster at the Community Recreation Center, and renovating 10 public restrooms throughout the City among other improvements using Measure S funds including the recent replacement of the synthetic turf at all four soccer fields at Patricia Birdsall Sports Park,” added Edwards.

Temecula’s longest standing Council Member, Jeff Comerchero, is credited for working diligently over the years as part of the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Subcommittee to ensure new playgrounds replace older playgrounds with creatively designed themes to enhance and enrich young imaginations for generations to come. Temecula’s newest Council Member, James “Stew” Stewart, was appointed to the Subcommittee in 2017 and likewise supported and helped to finalize these plans as approved by the City Council. Additional themed playgrounds that will be completed over the next few months include the following:

• •Nicolas Road Park, 39955 Nicolas Road, to be themed “Pirate Ship Party”
• Vail Ranch Park, 32965 Harmony Lane, to be themed “Old Temecula”
• Sunset Park, 32155 Camino San Jose, to be themed “Music at Sunset”
• Veteran’s Park, 30965 La Serena Way, to be themed “Fighter Jet”

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