City of Eureka Seeking Local Photos and Memories of Sequoia Park’s History

NEWS RELEASE

City of Eureka- Community Services
1011 Waterfront Dr.
Eureka, Ca. 95501

For More Information Contact
Scott “Q” Marcus
Media Coordinator, Eureka Community Services
707. 440.9271
smarcus@ci.eureka.ca.gov

For Immediate Release:

City of Eureka Seeking Local Photos and Memories of Sequoia Park’s History

The City of Eureka is excited to reach out to the community to seek photos and memories of Sequoia Park and its Playground or the Sequoia Park Zoo in an effort to support the Sequoia Park Improvement Project. Do you have fond memories and photos of the 125-year-old history of these beloved spaces that you would be willing to share?

Sequoia park lion fountain

The City recently conducted several community outreach opportunities resulting in a new conceptual design for Sequoia Park. Community feedback prioritized a design which will enhance what is loved, restore what is broken, and provide what is missing.

UPDATE: Old Town Walking Tours Start Time Changed

This update reflects that the tours’ start time will now be at noon instead of 1PM.

Take the family on an interactive history lesson of Old Town

This hour-long walking tour will reveal Eureka’s long history as a Victorian seaport and lumber town. There will be three opportunities on Get Out & Play Day so make sure you don’t miss it!

This tour meets and ends at the Clarke Museum.

Details:

Old Town Walking Tours Every Saturday Through August

Take the family on an interactive history lesson of Old Town

This hour-long walking tour will reveal Eureka’s long history as a Victorian seaport and lumber town. There will be three opportunities on Get Out & Play Day so make sure you don’t miss it!

This tour meets and ends at the Clarke Museum.

Details:

Old Town Walking Tours On Get Out and Play Day

Take the family on an interactive history lesson of Old Town

Join us for free tours of historic Old Town Eureka as part of #GOPD2019.

This hour-long walking tour will reveal Eureka’s long history as a Victorian seaport and lumber town. There will be three opportunities on Get Out & Play Day so make sure you don’t miss it!

This tour meets and ends at the Clarke Museum which has free admission on this day only AND a free street fair with drinks, music, food, activities, and more! You can learn more about the street fair here.

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Theatrical Walking Tour of Waterfront on Art and Culture Festival

This will be great fun!

The Northcoast Repertory Theater will be giving guided theatrical tours of our waterfront, and including its history.

They will be in period-appropriate costumes too!

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Old Town Walking Tours Begin in July

Take the family on an interactive history lesson of Old Town

The city of Eureka’s Outdoor Recreation Program, Explore Eureka, in partnership with the Clarke Museum, is presenting weekly “Historical Walking Tours” in Old Town Eureka beginning July 7^th and running every Saturday until the last weekend of August – including on Get Out and Play Day (#gop2018)

The tours offer an interactive history lesson and are designed to be fun for the whole family. Tours take you up close and personal with the buildings and history of Old Town.

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Need Your Help With Fun Project About Sequoia Park

Sequoia Park is one of Eureka’s greatest assets and has been for decades.

We are now at the beginning of a process to update and enhance Sequoia Park to make the park even better, provide more fun opportunities, and make it accessible for people with all abilities – while still maintaining the natural free play spirit of our park. Over the next couple of years we will be further developing a concept to do those, while seeking public comment. We will also be engaged in fundraising.

How does this affect YOU?

To get started, we need images of Sequoia Park from years past. If you have ANY photos of the park that you’re willing to share (and allow us to use in promoting the project), we’d really enjoy seeing them. We’re especially interested in photos of old attractions, sculptures, fountains, and play equipment that have been in the park.

Please email photos to dwood@ci.eureka.ca.gov. (If you know what year your photos were taken – or have any other information about them – please share that information as well.)

As the Sequoia Park project progresses we will continue to share updates. If you have friends that are interested in the future of the park as well, please forward this email so that they can get signed up too.

Thank you for being involved in this very exciting project. If you have questions, ideas, or suggestions, please get in touch.

By the way, please like our new Sequoia Park Facebook page: facebook.com/EurekaSequoiaPark/