Really big changes are coming soon to Brea’s Avovista Park, and I think we’ll all be pleased.
The 14.84-acre park, with entrances at Imperial Highway/Berry Street and Elm Street/Sievers Avenue, dates back to the 1950s, and was finally dedicated as Arovista Park in 1964, according to the Brea Museum and Historical Society’s executive director-curator, Linda Shay.
The last major renovations to Arovista Park were more than 30 years ago, Jenn Colacion, senior management analyst with the city’s Community Services, said at a recent community meeting with 30 people included six elementary-school kids who asked the best questions. They are eager for an updated Arovista Park.
Community Services previously reached out to the sports groups, moms’ groups, Boys & Girls Club, seniors, residents and other interested parties about renovating the park.
The only other updates to the park were the amphitheater in 1992 and the very popular skate park, which opened in 2000 and received cool improvements last year, including a reconstructed bowl a with a 9-foot drop. An ADA ramp was also added in 2022.
The rest of park is begging to be as cool and fun as the skatepark, and it looks as if that will happen.
The most important aspect of the park renovations is that it will be an all-accessible park, meaning children and adults with disabilities will be able to enjoy the many amenities.
The park’s present playground is about 10,000 square feet. The proposed playground will be whopping 34,000 square feet. It will be filled with exciting, colorful play equipment that kids of various abilities, including those needing to use wheelchairs can enjoy.
The safe, fun play equipment will include molded swings, slides, double seesaws and merry-go-rounds for tots to big kids. How about a tight rope or zip lines only about a foot above the ground? The playground’s rubberized “dirt” will be easy on little feet and tooshies.
Colorful, large flower-petal sunshades will be scattered…
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