Preliminary Work on Park Expansion Gets Underway
May 15, 1980
PRELIMINARY WORK has finally begun on the long awaited expansion of Susanville’s Riverside Park. City public works crews Friday morning tore up the abandoned Laverne Avenue to make room for the park expansion to the east.
The existing park along with a vacant lot next to the Sierra Pacific lumber mill will be developed into a softball facility, picnic areas, play areas and a rose garden.
Included will be restrooms, drinking fountains and a concession facility.
A $38,000 grading and site preparation project has begun at the site and should be finished in about two weeks. Construction will continue through the summer.
The city has landed $114,000 in state park bond funds and federal land and water conservation grants for the project. Several city service clubs have volunteered work on the play area, picnic sites and rose gardens.
