Oceanside Skate Park Reopens After Nearly $500K Renovation

OCEANSIDE, CA—The City of Oceanside's John Landes Park, located off 2855 Cedar Road, has reopened to the public, the city announced this week.

The skate park, home of what the city describes as a "cool new skate spot," officially reopened Tuesday.

The city held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and included skateboarding demonstrations and refreshments.

According to a city spokesperson, the renovation of the 7,500-square-foot skate spot at Landes Park was a $487,624 project that included $285,520 in grants from the Prop. 68 Per Capita Program and the Urban County Per Capita Program and a $125,000 grant from the Housing and Urban Development CDBG program.

About 90 residents commented on the improvements and reminisced on the old skate park over Facebook.

One commenter said: "I grew up at this park in the 80s and remembered when the first half pipe arrived like it was yesterday. It was painted red. Amazing to see how this sport has grown."

Others suggested that it would be nice to have a BMX park, as well as more boys and girls clubs, "though skating is great, too."

Another suggested, "We need more parks, not apartments. This is awesome."

Still more asked about the promised dog parks, which the city answered.

Oceanside is also currently at work on new dog parks, the city said.

We are working on two dog parks: (1) El Corazon Park Site 1 and (2) Ron Ortega Dog Facility.

Of the El Corazon Park Site 1: "We are at a 90% design level. We are anticipating completing the design and hopefully starting construction by end of year/ early next year now that construction funds have been identified."

Of the Ron Ortega Dog Facility: "We are still in the preliminary design phase for this project. At this time, no construction funds have been identified, but we're exploring grants and other funding."