FIELD OF DREAMS RESIDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO PARK UPGRADE.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer VAL VERDE Val Verde may mean:
British writer of novels, literary criticism, and most notably, short stories. brings her two children to Val Verde Park at least once a day for their swimming lessons and swim team practices. The family's use of the park's aging facilities rarely goes beyond the pool, but the Val Verde mother said she is encouraged by the county's recent pledge of more than $1.6 million to renovate the 58-acre park, including adding a new play area and security lighting. ``The kids, they're growing and they need things to climb, space to run around,'' Pritchett said of her daughter, 10, and 8-year-old son. ``It would be nice if they add more (equipment) and fix it up.'' The county pledge came last week as the Board of Supervisors approved the Val Verde Community Regional Park General Improvement Project, which would add new playground Playground - A visual language for children, developed for Apple's Vivarium Project. OOPSLA 89 or 90? equipment, fund facilities improvements, add outdoor lights, and address drainage drainage, in agriculture drainage, in agriculture, the removal of excess water from the soil, either by a system of surface ditches, or by underground conduits if required by soil conditions and land contour. and a variety of other issues. Work on the project is scheduled to begin in November and last about nine months. While it was designed so the park can remain open during construction, access to some areas - the play area, basketball court, tennis court and ballfield - will be limited as work progresses. Project approval comes after a variety of community meetings designed to incorporate local residents' comments into the plan for the park, which was constructed in the 1920s when Val Verde became a weekend haven for blacks disillusioned dis·il·lu·sion tr.v. dis·il·lu·sioned, dis·il·lu·sion·ing, dis·il·lu·sions To free or deprive of illusion. n. 1. The act of disenchanting. 2. The condition or fact of being disenchanted. with segregation-era Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . The project now calls for construction of a play area at the northeast corner of the park. The current play area, next to the clubhouse, will be removed and crews will install a drainage system Noun 1. drainage system - a system of watercourses or drains for carrying off excess water system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a in that area to reduce rain-caused flooding. ``We learned at the meetings that (the community) really wanted a new baseball field and a soccer field,'' said Gil Lopez, assistant director of planning and design for the county Department of Parks and Recreation. ``We came up with a plan for a multiuse field that can be both, depending on what sport is being played.'' The multiuse field, which will be on the rest of the site of the current baseball field, will be designed at an angle so the baseball field will conform to Verb 1. conform to - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" fit, meet coordinate - be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well" the requirements of that sport, just as the soccer field will be a proper field for that sport, Lopez said. Jace and Denise Engles take their 6-year-old daughter to Val Verde park for her swimming lessons, which is convenient for the Castaic residents. The couple was encouraged to hear of the changes that will be coming to the park. ``I'm glad they're going to improve the park,'' Denise Engles said. ``I'd like to see (improvements to the) landscaping. And if they add more programs, they're going to have more people. I'm certainly willing to come from Castaic.'' Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Kids play on the playground at Val Verde Park, which the county has plans to upgrade in a nine-month renovation project. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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