Los Angeles County will inject $200,000 today for three parks and open space projects in Long Beach, according to Supervisor Don Knabe's office.
The biggest chunk of the funding, $140,000, will be used for construction of new basketball courts near Seaside Park. It will be developed along 14th Street, between Pine and Locust avenues, but also increase the footprint of the greenbelt area from Locust to the new Seaside Park.
Another $50,000 will be used for plans and environmental reports for a proposed new Visitors Center at El Dorado Nature Center. From the original 85 acres, when it was built in 1969, the El Dorado Nature Center has grown to 103 acres. In 2003, the master plan for the Nature Center was created by the community.
Long Beach plans to hire an architecture firm to begin the master plans's second phase, including a replacement Visitors Center and Habitat Concept Plan. Such a plan is needed in order for the City to apply for a maximum grant of $5 million in funding through California's Proposition 84 Nature Education Facilities Grant Program.
The final $10,000 will be used to rebuild the Wild Oats Community Garden, located between 10th and Anaheim streets. The garden will need to be removed because of construction of the Termino Avenue Storm Drain Project.
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