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4worldlovers:

The City of Escondido is in the process of updating the 2015 Grape Day Park Master Plan and Aquatics Facility. The City wants to hear from you! Community conversations about the plan and the aquatics facility with stakeholders and focus groups will be happening starting in November 2022 and broader community conversations will begin in January 2023. Your valuable impact will help shape the future of our community.

Community Workshop #2 - January 5, 2023 - East Valley Community Center Grove Room

Note: the slide deck above contains renderings of concepts for visualization of amenities that could be included in the Grape Day Park Master Plan and Aquatics Center Design projects. These are not final concept designs.

Since the early 1930s, Grape Day Park, Escondido's oldest park, has been the center for community events and activities. Every year from 1908 to 1950, people from as far away as Los Angeles came to celebrate the annual Grape Day Harvest, a major industry in the Escondido valley.

The park continues its tradition as the center for community gatherings. It is a registered landmark and home to a turn-of-the-century working barn, Santa Fe Railroad depot, blacksmith shop, and other historic buildings, museums, and monuments.

Heritage Walk, established for the nation's Bicentennial in 1976, displays buildings preserved from Escondido's early days

Vinehenge – an interactive public art project located in Grape Day Park. The whimsical project includes a grapevine climbing structure with hidden secrets for children to find, a slide decorated with giant purple grapes with mosaic details, benches in the shape of oversized grape leaves and a perimeter of rocks reminiscent of the rocks in the hills around Escondido. The play sculpture is intended for children of all ages and abilities. It is ADA compliant. The project was designed and fabricated by the artist team, Nancy Moran and Valerie Salatino of Nature Works, Inc., an Escondido based company.

James A. Stone Municipal Swimming Pool (25-yard swimming pool and small children's pool)

For more information regarding programs and hours of operation, please call 760-839-4691.

4worldlovers:
San Dieguito River Park Joint Powers Authority (JPA) is the independent local government agency responsible for creating and managing a natural open space park in the San Dieguito River Valley.

From the Coast to Crest Trail that will someday link Del Mar to Volcan Mountain - over 70 miles - to the celebration and preservation of our local heritage and natural resources, the San Dieguito River Park is creating recreational and educational opportunities that interface gently with nature.