On December 8, 2020, Park District planners and staff hosted a virtual Community Engagement Meeting to present up-to-date information on this project taking place at Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline.
The Bay Area Ridge Trail (Ridge Trail) is a planned 550-mile loop along the ridges that encircle the bay. Four hundred miles are currently complete and open to the public.
South of Bailey Road is the name for an approximately 890-acre site that is a sub-set of the greater Thurgood Marshall Regional Park – Home of the Port Chicago 50, in Concord, California. About 40% of the land is dedicated to habitat restoration, while the remaining acreage is being opened to the public.
LUPA Key Goals
In 2014 the Park District, through the Regional Parks Foundation, received its largest ever land donation at Patterson Ranch securing Coyote Hills Regional Park from the threat of urban development and expanded the park by approximately 25 percent.
The Garin-to-Pleasanton Ridge Public Access Project is anticipated to provide public access into Garin and Pleasanton Ridge Regional Parks from Palomares Road by developing a regional trail that connects the Chouinard property in Garin and the Owen property in Pleasanton Ridge, both of which are landbank properties currently closed to the public.
The Park District recognizes Jewel Lake’s long history and its place in the landscape.
Roddy Ranch Golf Course was a 230-acre, 18-hole course located off Deer Valley Road at the south end of Antioch, CA. The East Bay Regional Park District is developing a Habitat Restoration and Public Access Plan to restore native grassland habitat and include paths and facilities for passive public recreation, such as walking, jogging, and picnicking. The former golf course property will be a part of the larger 3,500-acre future Deer Valley Regional Park. The planning process to open the former golf course as a park is expected to take 18 months.
The East Bay Regional Park District is developing an agricultural park at the site of the former homestead and orchard property belonging to Armand Borel.