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Nototomne Park Awarded ASLA Sierra Chapter 2022 Merit Award

O’Dell Engineering is delighted to announce that Nototomne Park has been awarded the ASLA Sierra Chapter 2022 Merit Award under the Research/Analysis/Planning/ Communication/Unbuilt category. During the construction of the River Islands Development, artifacts from the Tomchom village of the Northern Valley Yokuts were uncovered. In light of this discovery, Nototomne Park was born. We loved […]

May Nissen Park Awarded CARPD Outstanding Renovated Facility

O’Dell Engineering is delighted to announce that Livermore Area Recreation and Park District – LARPD has been awarded the California Association of Recreation and Park Districts Award of Distinction for Outstanding Renovated Facility for May Nissen Community Park.  We loved the opportunity to assist LARPD with the development of this 100% socially inclusive park in […]

May Nissen Park Awarded CPRS District 3 Outstanding Park

We are so excited for our client Livermore Area Recreation and Park District – LARPD who received the CPRS District 3 Outstanding Park award for May Nissen Park. We loved creating this magical (literally, it is fairy-tale themed) park with LARPD! May Nissen Playground is a 1.88-acre playground in Livermore, CA adjacent to a local […]

EmPOWERment Park Awarded $6.28 Million in Prop 68 Funding

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 […]

Pleasure Island Playground

Pleasure Island Playground is surrounded by mature trees in a large park within a residential development.  The park is heavily used by families who live within walking distance.  Aesthetic theming for the playground update draws upon Livermore’s history as a railroad corridor and connects the agricultural and natural with the modern industrial facets of Alameda […]

Big Trees Park Playground

Big Trees Park Playground gets its name from a grove of impressive mature eucalyptus that surrounded the original play structures on the site.  Big Trees Park Playground is a nature themed playground operated by Livermore Area Recreation and Park District. With unique design elements such as a large 16-foot treehouse, boulder rocks, a tree maze, […]

“MoRo” Music Garden Project Featured in the Modesto Bee

The Modesto Bee recently featured an article on the “MoRo” Music Garden. As a part of our “25 Years, 25 Acts” program, O’Dell is currently donating design services for this project which includes a conceptual master plan and improvement plans for a music garden adjacent to the Foster Family Theater in the Gallo Center for […]

O’Dell to Begin Work on Clovis Dog Park Master Plan

O’Dell Engineering was recently awarded the City of Clovis Dog Park Master Plan project. As described in this news video, the City of Clovis is impassioned about the future of dog parks in the City.  Clovis is a pedestrian friendly City with gorgeous recreational trails and many park features. With over 100,000 citizens in the […]

O’Dell Engineering Staff Appointed to Leadership Roles in the American Society of Landscape Architects Professional Practice Networks

Two O’Dell Engineering landscape architecture team members have recently been appointed to leadership positons within the Professional Practice Networks (PPN’s) of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Chad Kennedy now serves as the Chair Designate for the Council of Professional Practice Networks and Alison Kelly now serves as Co-Chair of the Women in Landscape […]

Hollister Park Facility Master Plan

O’Dell Engineering’s City of Hollister Park Facility Master Plan project was recently featured on BenitoLink. The article describes in detail the City of Hollister’s 2017 Park Facility Master Plan. The master plan seeks to celebrate and maintain the small “Hometown, California” environment of the City. O’Dell Engineering is providing services including research and documentation for the […]