UPDATE: Carson Park Survey and Improvements

We are excited to announce that we have a conceptual design for Carson Park available for viewing. This design is a direct reflection of the survey results. Click here to download a PDF of the proposed design.

We want to thank the 500+ people who responded to the Carson Park Survey, the folks who reached out directly with ideas, Agustín Amaro, M.Ed., who provided Spanish translation services, our local businesses who let us hang flyers, our local radio stations who aired PSA’s, and our local Rotary groups including Old Town Eureka Rotary Club in partnership with Rotary Club of Southwest Eureka and Rotary Club of Eureka, and so many more.

New $2.9 Million Grant Request for Cooper Gulch Park

The City of Eureka is excited to announce its application for the Prop 68: Rural Recreation and Tourism Program offered by California State Parks.

This funding helps fund park projects in critically underserved communities with low population levels. The city is working hard to improve all city parks with the focus of this grant application being to revitalize Cooper Gulch Park.

This grant application is an evolution from a previous Prop 68 funding opportunity that was not awarded funding. A robust community input process took place from October 2020-February 2021 with the support of the neighborhood community group, Cooper Gulch Common Grounds. We would like to thank the countless individuals who attended the meetings and responded to the survey, along with those who reached out directly with their input. Though the originally proposed project was not awarded funding, the park design and input have directly guided the scope for this new grant request.

This new funding opportunity makes available a maximum of $3 million for park projects. Staff carefully selected improvements from the previous application that would be most competitive and created a well-balanced improvement project scope and budget.

The new grant request resulted in a total of $2.9 million for the following park improvements:

Ross Park Playground Closed for Repairs

The City of Eureka Community Services Department is closing the playground at Ross Park (located at 11th and M St.) for repairs beginning on February 4th and will remain closed for several weeks until the project is complete.

This improvement project is made possible due to the California State Parks Per Capita Program which is intended to rehabilitate existing infrastructure and to address deficiencies in neighborhoods lacking access to the outdoors. 

Playground improvements include:

Cooper Gulch Volunteer Work Day

Join us for a volunteer workday to help remove invasive species and trash from Cooper Gulch Park on February 12

This is a family-friendly event; all supplies are provided.

Please bring water and gloves if possible. Unless it’s really pouring rain, this event proceeds.

If you have questions, please call 707.441.4206

Help Wanted

We need referees from January through April of 2022.

Here are the details:

Help Wanted

The Adorni Center is planning to resume events in February and needs help. It’s a great place to work.

Here are the details:

Youth Basketball “Skills & Drills” Class

Sign up your children for a Youth Basketball Class. Children will be divided into third and fourth graders; and fifth and sixth graders. All classes are coed.

Registration from Nov 29 – Dec 17, 2021 (First come, first served; don’t delay.)
Classes take place Jan 24 – Feb 18, 2022

Details:

Class #1  Grades 3 & 4  Each participant will practice twice a week on Mondays & Wednesdays from 4-5pm.	Class #2  Grades 3 & 4   Each participant will practice twice a week on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 4-5pm.
Class #3  Grades 5 & 6  Each participant will practice twice a week on Mondays & Wednesdays from 5:30-6:30pm.	Class #4  Grades 5 & 6   Each participant will practice twice a week on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 5:30-6:30pm.