YORBA LINDA
The city has won an award of excellence from the California Parks and Recreation Society for park planning, and especially for building the Box Canyon Park on Foxtail Drive.
A local group, Friends of Box Canyon Park, raised $150,000 and gathered 1,500 volunteers to build a playground in the 4.5-acre lot that was used mostly as an illegal dump.
City Parks and Recreation Director Steve Rudometkin will receive the award on behalf of the city at a conference in Ontario, where he will also speak on the community efforts taken to build Box Canyon Park.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
