Reporting from East County
For nearly two decades, the mountain community of Alpine has been trying to get a park. It looks like it might be closer to achieving that goal.
Earlier this month, a handful of employees from the San Diego County Parks and Recreation Department held an open house at the Alpine Library. They shared maps of prospective areas where a park could be located and listened to the public.
The rural area currently has just one small park on the grounds of an elementary school.
There is no timetable for when the county will make a decision, officials said.
ALPINE
Two years after San Diego County spent about $1.6 million to buy nearly 100 acres of parkland in Alpine, plans are finally moving forward to build the rural community its long-awaited county park.
The 24-acre park will be located at 2480 South Grade Road off, around the corner from Tavern Road off Interstate 8. The park will be open from dawn until dusk, will be fenced and gated with two main entrances, and will have someone living on the premises.
The county says it could start building the first of three planned phases as soon as this fall, with an estimated opening sometime in late 2022. The county estimates the total cost to build the park will be about $28 million.