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Land Connections—Parks and the Pandemic: The Need for More Equity

February 17, 2021

The pandemic has invigorated interest in public parks and open spaces. Parks have long been known to improve health and wellness, but they have now turned into a necessary haven for so many during these difficult times. Access to nature, fresh air, and daylight, combined with social distancing and masks, have not only helped us […]

Prop 68 – Improving One California Community at a Time

January 28, 2021

What is Prop 68? The Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program (Prop 68) is a competitive grant program that creates new parks and recreation opportunities in underserved communities across the state of California. Each of these parks and playgrounds will positively impact families, children, and adults alike by providing increased access to recreation. O’Dell […]

Hogan-Ennis Community Park Expansion Master Plan

August 18, 2016

O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood company provided master planning and design services for the future expansion of the Hogan-Ennis Community Park and is now assisting the City in acquiring funding. The design includes soccer fields, baseball diamonds, softball diamonds, basketball courts, a scorekeepers’ booth, shade shelters with barbecues, 3 restroom buildings, horseshoe pits, a skate park […]

Cultural Arts District Park

January 8, 2016

O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood company provided design services for a .77 acre pocket park in Fresno, CA. This park project was made possible by a statewide park program. The park design is currently in the construction documentation phase. Park highlights include an interactive lighting display, large multi-purpose lawn area, 2-5 year play equipment, workout stations, […]

White Rock Park

January 8, 2016

This project is a retrofit of an approximately 12 acre existing park adjacent to Highway 50 in Rancho Cordova. The park design included a new 3,000 s.f. community center, an approximately 4,000 sqft interactive water spray park and spray structure, a new playground, a children’s discovery zone, two pre-fabricated shade structures (30’x30’ and 15’x20’), an […]

River Islands Trail & Bikeway

January 8, 2016

O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood company’s landscape architecture department is currently designing a one mile recreation trail along the River Islands Development levee.

Earlimart Park

January 8, 2016

O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood company’s Landscape Architecture Department is currently designing the first and only neighborhood park in Earlimart, CA. The park is approximately four acres and is a joint use facility between the county and the neighboring elementary school. The park is funded by a Proposition 84 grant and contains a grass open space, […]

Ryno Park

January 8, 2016

This neighborhood park renovation of an old storm water retention basin included the addition of a large playground area with multiple play structures, picnic facilities, a basketball court, trap fencing, additional grass open space, and site lighting. The playground and additional amenities were thoughtfully prepared with socially inclusive principals as a core design strategy. Sensory […]

Sunridge Park

January 8, 2016

This approximately 6.5 acre park in Rancho Cordova is located adjacent to a preserved area of natural landscape and along a stretch of utility easements creating unique challenges to site and recreational planning. The park is designed to fit into its innate California foothill landscape through the use of native shrub mixes, no-mow grasses, unique […]

River Bluff Lower Terrace Restoration

January 8, 2016

O’Dell Engineering, a Westwood company provided conceptual master planning services for the restoration of wetlands and recreational trails along the lower bluff of River Bluff Park.