Members of the Guadalupe community are raising money to pay for renovations to LeRoy Park.
Friends of Oso Flaco Lake, alongside the Santa Maria Valley Community Foundation have started a gofundme campaignwith a goal of $25,000.
LeRoy Park was a popular place to gather in Guadalupe before it closed.
While the first phase of the project is funded, the city is raising money to fund phase 2 which costs more than $1.5 million.
Elements the city is hoping to fund:
- Front field & picnic area
- Front east picnic area
- Phase 2 site improvements
- Playground area
- Adult exercise area
- Rear field & earthen amphitheater
- West parking improvement
- Multi-use addition
Ways to donate:
- Memorial trees: $300
- Memorial benches: $1,100
- Donation bricks: $500
- Naming rights (various amounts)