Grover Beach Breaks Ground At Last on Upgrades to Ramona Garden Park
Jarrod Zinn
GROVER BEACH, Calif. – Big changes are coming to a public park in the heart of Grover Beach.
City leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony at Ramona Garden Park in Grover Beach Monday morning.
A public donation drive called ‘Your Park, Your Legacy’ is up and running, wherein community members can make donations and have some ownership in the revitalized features.
“We are a 501-C3 organization and we are in partnership with the city of Grover Beach to make sure that the community thrives,” says Jeff Lee, Grover Beach Community Foundation president. “And Ramona Garden Park has a legacy. And you can do that through the support by honoring your loved ones, your family, your business partners, your pets through a commemorative paver, a bench or a table.”
A new playground, more trees and picnic tables, and a new outdoor bandshell will soon adorn the park.
“From concept to breaking ground right now, it’s taken five years,” says Kassi Dee, mayor of Grover Beach. “It has gone through past councils, commissioners and commissions, planning, joint meetings. And now we’re here.”
Popular events have been taking place here for generations, including ‘Santa’s Workshop’ during the holidays, ‘Trunk or Treat’ at Halloween, and summertime’s ‘Concerts in the Park.’
“As a lifelong resident, it’s so exciting to see this revitalization of the park,” says mayor Dee.
The collective goal is to have the project finished in time for ‘Concerts in the Park’ to return one year from now; but if they can finish sooner, they will.
“You’re going to be able to come enjoy that on a daily basis because it is your legacy,” says Lee. “And it’s also going to help support fundraising for the Park project.”
The city received a $3.3 million grant for the first two phases of the project.
The total estimated cost is $4.1 million.
To make a donation to ‘Your Park, Your Legacy,’ begin by scanning the QR code on the banners you see at and around the park.
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