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Sports Field Turf Replacement Projects: Mitchell Field and Fair Oaks Field The City will be replacing aging synthetic turf at Mitchell Field in Red Morton Park and Fair Oaks Field. Both fields currently have synthetic turf that are now due for replacement. We're taking this opportunity to make some exciting improvements too!
Lawrie Duncan Park, Pilot Project The City is launching a pilot project at Brewster Avenue and Nevada Street to improve traffic safety, including a temporary closure of Southgate Street (between Brewster Avenue and Outer Circle) for community use. Additionally, a new crosswalk will be installed at Brewster Avenue and Nevada Street. As part of this effort, we’re also exploring ways to enhance Lawrie Duncan Park! Temporary features have been installed to activate the space. Thank you to all who filled out our survey and contributed feedback. The survey closed on April 30, 2025.
Jardín de Niños Park Expansion Project After the 2015 renovation of the playground—now a beloved space for kids aged 2-12—the City purchased an adjacent lot to expand the park, creating a welcoming space for teens and seniors in response to community feedback. The new addition will feature a vibrant outdoor classroom, a shaded plaza with seating, and tables with power outlets for studying or working outside. Construction kicked off in January 2025 and is expected to wrap up by June. An artist will then bring the finishing touch—an eye-catching shade structure that ties into the park’s artistic theme.
Downtown Parks and Bay Connectivity Project In 2017, the Redwood City Council established a goal to create a network of great open spaces throughout the City by connecting downtown, parks, open spaces, creeks, schools, and other points of interest such as Courthouse Square. The following year the Parks Department prepared the Downtown Parks Site Assessment and Feasibility Study for the selection of city-owned sites to transform for the purpose of open space in the downtown. Consequently, Council directed staff to proceed with a phased approach, creating a vision plan for three downtown parks that feed a green linear park that resonates with the existing open space and further connects downtown to Redwood Creek and the waterfront. The RFQ for Downtown Parks and Bay Connectivity Project is the subsequent step towards this goal.
The City Has Hired a Consultant to Help Redevelop Hoover Park The City hired O’Dell Engineering to lead the community engagement and design work for renovating Hoover Park. The City is inviting you to provide feedback and suggestions to help shape the future design of Hoover Park! Come share your ideas! Attendees can review site constraints, suggest types of play amenities, and provide suggestions for other improvements to Hoover Park. Interested residents will only need to attend 1 of these 2 community outreach meetings. Additional feedback and outreach meetings will be scheduled to refine suggestions received from these January opportunities.
Veterans Memorial Building/ Senior Center (Joint Project with the YMCA of Silicon Valley) Modernizing the Redwood City Veterans Memorial Building/Senior Center and YMCA, is a long-planned project that will enhance the community’s fitness, wellness, and recreational resources. After much community discussion, a decision has been made to rebuild and re-imagine these facilities. The revised design proposal will provide better integration of the new facilities within Red Morton Park, preserving valued open green space.

Sports Field Turf Replacement Projects: Mitchell Field and Fair Oaks Field

The City will be replacing aging synthetic turf at Mitchell Field in Red Morton Park and Fair Oaks Field. Both fields currently have synthetic turf that are now due for replacement. We're taking this opportunity to make some exciting improvements too!

Lawrie Duncan Park, Pilot Project

The City is launching a pilot project at Brewster Avenue and Nevada Street to improve traffic safety, including a temporary closure of Southgate Street (between Brewster Avenue and Outer Circle) for community use. Additionally, a new crosswalk will be installed at Brewster Avenue and Nevada Street.

As part of this effort, we’re also exploring ways to enhance Lawrie Duncan Park! Temporary features have been installed to activate the space. Thank you to all who filled out our survey and contributed feedback. The survey closed on April 30, 2025.

Jardín de Niños Park Expansion Project

After the 2015 renovation of the playground—now a beloved space for kids aged 2-12—the City purchased an adjacent lot to expand the park, creating a welcoming space for teens and seniors in response to community feedback. The new addition will feature a vibrant outdoor classroom, a shaded plaza with seating, and tables with power outlets for studying or working outside. Construction kicked off in January 2025 and is expected to wrap up by June. An artist will then bring the finishing touch—an eye-catching shade structure that ties into the park’s artistic theme.

Downtown Parks and Bay Connectivity Project

In 2017, the Redwood City Council established a goal to create a network of great open spaces throughout the City by connecting downtown, parks, open spaces, creeks, schools, and other points of interest such as Courthouse Square. The following year the Parks Department prepared the Downtown Parks Site Assessment and Feasibility Study for the selection of city-owned sites to transform for the purpose of open space in the downtown. Consequently, Council directed staff to proceed with a phased approach, creating a vision plan for three downtown parks that feed a green linear park that resonates with the existing open space and further connects downtown to Redwood Creek and the waterfront. The RFQ for Downtown Parks and Bay Connectivity Project is the subsequent step towards this goal.

The City Has Hired a Consultant to Help Redevelop Hoover Park

The City hired O’Dell Engineering to lead the community engagement and design work for renovating Hoover Park.

The City is inviting you to provide feedback and suggestions to help shape the future design of Hoover Park! Come share your ideas! Attendees can review site constraints, suggest types of play amenities, and provide suggestions for other improvements to Hoover Park.

Interested residents will only need to attend 1 of these 2 community outreach meetings. Additional feedback and outreach meetings will be scheduled to refine suggestions received from these January opportunities.

Veterans Memorial Building/
Senior Center
(Joint Project with the YMCA of Silicon Valley)

Modernizing the Redwood City Veterans Memorial Building/Senior Center and YMCA, is a long-planned project that will enhance the community’s fitness, wellness, and recreational resources. After much community discussion, a decision has been made to rebuild and re-imagine these facilities. The revised design proposal will provide better integration of the new facilities within Red Morton Park, preserving valued open green space.