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EmPOWERment Park Project Featured on abc10 News

May 5, 2021

Local abc10 news station recently featured a news piece on the inclusive EmPOWERment Park project and its impact on a child’s access to play. EmPOWERment Park is designed with socially inclusive principles to be a place where people of all abilities and ages, just like Mary Jane, can gather to play and recreate. The park […]

EmPOWERment Park Awarded $6.28 Million in Prop 68 Funding

February 27, 2020

In amazing news this week, our client, the Sacramento Parks Foundation, was awarded $6,280,000 in Prop 68 funds for EmPOWERment Park! This amazing park in Sacramento County will include a parking lot with 11 ADA spaces, a round-a-bout, a drop-off zone, welcome signage and a tactile park map, a community garden, a storage shed, an […]

Earlimart Neighborhood Park Awarded the California Park & Recreation Society Award of Excellence

December 29, 2019

Earlimart Neighborhood Park received the California Park & Recreation Society Award of Excellence for Neighborhood Class 1 in the Excellence in Park Planning & Development category. This four-acre park is a progressive joint-use facility (between the County and the Earlimart Unified School District) in a very small country town. It is the town’s first and […]

Cultural Arts District Park Awarded ASLA CA Sierra Chapter 2018 Merit Award

December 19, 2018

Cultural Arts District Park received the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) California Sierra Chapter 2018 Merit Award. Cultural Arts District Park is a unique and technologically advanced ode to the diverse artistic & cultural community of Fresno. Designed to foster creativity, support healthy living, and provide a gathering place that residents can cherish, this space is […]

Earlimart Neighborhood Park Awarded ASLA CA Sierra Chapter 2018 Honor Award & APWA Central CA Chapter 2018 Public Works Project of the Year Award

December 12, 2018

Earlimart Neighborhood Park received the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) California Sierra Chapter 2018 Honor Award and the American Public Works Association (APWA) Central California Chapter 2018 Public Works Project of the Year Award. This four-acre park is a progressive joint-use facility (between the County and the Earlimart Unified School District) in a very small country town. […]

Chad Kennedy Speaks at TEDx Modesto

October 5, 2018

Chad Kennedy, Principal Landscape Architect at O’Dell Engineering, recently spoke at the TEDx Modesto event. TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading”, usually through the vehicle of brief, passionate, and moving talks from industry leaders. To further ignite discussion on these important ideas, TED created the TEDx program to support local, independently […]

The Awesome Spot Featured on CBS News and ABC News!

April 29, 2017

The Awesome Spot, a socially inclusive playground planned for Beyer Community Park in Modesto, has had a very exciting few weeks with multiple efforts to raise awareness and to fundraise for the project.  On April 22nd, The Awesome Spot team joined the B’Green group (O’Briens Market) at Earth Day.  The team had a great time assisting the community […]

O’Dell Engineering Project Updates: The Awesome Spot Design Unveiling Approaching!

November 11, 2016

The Awesome Spot, a socially inclusive playground planned for Beyer Community Park in Modesto, will reveal its conceptual design on Wednesday, November 16th at 6:00PM at The Century in downtown Modesto. The Century has generously donated the venue space for the past two community meetings and this design unveiling. The Awesome Spot and O’Dell Engineering […]

O’Dell Engineering Project Updates: Sunridge Park Celebrated on YouTube

November 10, 2016

Sunridge Park in Rancho Cordova, CA, designed by O’Dell Engineering, was featured by the California Special Districts Association on their YouTube channel. The association produced a short 4 minute film about the park’s socially inclusive features, the design approach, and its value to the local community. Interviews with Cordova Recreation & Park District board members, […]