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Dills Makeover Transforms Park Into Garden Spot For Westside Neighborhoods
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n Saturday, February 21, everyone in Paramount is invited to celebrate the completion of a dream that will enhance the quality of life for our residents on the west side of town and add more open space to the City’s overall park system. At noon, City leaders will hold a special re-opening event for the refurbished and expanded Dills Park. This project has been a focal point for officials who have worked and planned long and hard over the last few years to turn the little park along the Los Angeles River into a very special place, a natural wonder, a “green” park in the modern sense of the word. Not only has Dills been transformed into a remarkable new space that will be a fantastic resource for residents for generations to come, but it was done at minimal expense to the City. Most of the costs for the improvements and the property purchases to increase the park’s size were paid for with grant money from various sources. Dills Park was originally known as “Banana” Park because of its shape – long, curved and narrow, running along the Los Angeles River between Somerset and Rosecrans boulevards (though not reaching either one). For quite a while the park presented a number of challenges related to maintenance and policing due to its rather isolated location. But it’s always
The new playgrounds in Dills Park have a fanciful, Adventureland feel to them.
The expansion and re-design of Dills Park was paid for primarily with grant funding from sources outside the City.
been a necessary piece of public land for the neighborhoods around it. Now it is an attractive, valuable jewel for the neighborhoods of Paramount full of gorgeous landscaping, fanciful playgrounds, physical fitness facilities, and exhibits relating our area’s history. On the Don Knabe Nature Trail, for instance, visitors can walk or jog along
15357 Paramount Boulevard, Paramount, CA 90723
Environmentally friendly water recovery creek bed.
Presents
State of the City Address
Thursday, February 12, 2009 • Beginning at 11:00 a.m. Get acquainted 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. • Lunch will begin promptly at 11:30 a.m. Progress Park Plaza – 15500 Downey Ave., Paramount Sponsored by:
For reservations call 562.634.3980
Golf Shotgun Start: 11:30 am Westridge Golf Club – La Habra Classic
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the half-mile route in the midst of native shrubs, trees and grassy meadows. There are many picnic areas, a number of exercise equipment stations and newly constructed restrooms. This has truly become one of the finest recreational sites in the area.
March 9, 2009
Sponsored by:
C a r l t o n F o r g e Wo r k s
For reservations call 562.634.3980
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