Park to offer a whole host of outdoor recreation amenities
Cathedral City is proud to announce that it has been awarded a nearly $8.5 million Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program grant by the California Department of Parks and Recreation to build the Dream Homes Park. Funds for the program were passed by California voters in 2018 under Proposition 68.
The new 7.52 acre park will be located at 30610 San Diego Drive in Cathedral City and within the Dream Homes neighborhood, which is critically underserved and has endured many years without a park. Dream Homes is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Cathedral City and the Coachella Valley.
“Our residents have been involved in designing the park and participated in six community-based planning forums and park workshops,” stated Mayor Ernesto Gutierrez. “The Dream Homes Park will meet the needs of the community because it has been studied and designed by the residents.”
Amenities of the new Dream Homes Park will include a central plaza, picnic areas, playgrounds, outdoor fitness stations, walking trails, a dog park area, landscaping, trees, sitting areas, basketball courts, a soccer field, a futsal field and an additional soccer/multi-use field that will also provide for community events, such art, music, movies, and health fairs in the park.
The Dream Homes Park will provide more connectivity to the CV Link, a multi-modal corridor now open adjacent to the Dream Homes neighborhood that is planned to extend from Palm Springs to the City of Coachella and the Salton Sea.
“This $8.498 million grant for the Dream Homes Neighborhood represents the culmination of over 5 ½ years of hard work and efforts by the residents of the Dream Homes Community, City Council of Cathedral City, City staff and consultants, Desert Healthcare District, Loma Linda University Health, El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia and the Agua Caliente Elementary School,” stated John Corella, Director of Engineering / Public Works. “We look forward to the next steps in building the park itself and seeing all the families utilizing this community space.”
