More than 500 community residents joined Councilmember Herb Wesson and other city officials for the grand opening of the new Westside Park this past Saturday.
The new park, located on a three acre site on Clyde Avenue between West Adams Boulevard and Jefferson Boulevard, was once the location for the annual African Marketplace. In recent years it was a graffiti and crime magnet. Now, with the just finished $9 million revitalization project, Councilmember Wesson hopes to provide “a safe and clean place for residents and their families.”
The project, which took more than a year to complete since its groundbreaking in May of last year, was financed primarily through funds from the voter-approved Proposition O water quality improvement measure. An important feature of the park is its new state of the art water reclamation system.
The park also has new perimeter fencing, jogging paths, and a sensory garden and the installation of a Universally Accessible Playground, fitness equipment, solar lighting and drinking fountains.
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