May 15 2024
By Mike Aldax and Kathy Chouteau
A growing park in the heart of the Iron Triangle will soon become a community resource hub throughout the year and during emergencies thanks to a new, $10 million grant.
California’s Strategic Growth Council recently awarded the grant to the Pogo Park, the nonprofit staffed by residents of the Iron Triangle that works to turn underserved spaces into flourishing neighborhood parks.
The grant is being used to create Contra Costa County’s first Community Resilience Center (CRC) at Harbour-8 Park, located at Harbour Way on the Richmond Greenway.
Pogo Park began transforming Harbour-8 Park from an underutilized two-block stretch of the Greenway about a decade ago, installing children’s play areas, community gardens and other amenities. The nonprofit also created and maintains a separate park oasis called Elm Playlot at Elm Avenue and 8th Street.
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