Palmdale Studies Park Expansion
Palmdale’s affordable housing has helped make it the fastest-growing city in Los Angeles County, and city park officials say the 69.5% population boom over the last decade has severely affected parks and sports facilities.
As a result, they are recommending that the City Council approve a motion to put a $38-million park expansion before residents in a mail-in vote next month.
The plan, which the council will consider Thursday, would result in 73 acres of new parkland, expanding Marie Kerr Park on the city’s west side and creating a 33-acre park on the east side. Eleven new sports fields and an amphitheater would be added.
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