The popular campground at Lake Jennings is in the early stages of some big changes.
The five-member governing board for the Helix Water District, which oversees the reservoir and its 350-acre parkland in Lakeside, agreed to put nearly a quarter of a million dollars into fixing up the nearly 100-spot camp site.
The board last month unanimously approved to budget $230,000 for a contract with the outside firm KTUA for planning and landscape architectural services from Helix’s capital budget for the first phase of Lake Jennings campground improvements.
Helix Water District owns and operates Lake Jennings and surrounding land that has been developed over the last five decades for recreational purposes. In addition to day-use picnicking, hiking, fishing, boat launch and boat/kayak rental availability, the facilities include a 96-site campground first constructed in 1966.