Our playgrounds are open again!

Barstow Heights Community Services District

is excited to announce that...

Our playgrounds at both parks

are open to the public again!!

Just in time for Easter weekend and

Spring Break! (for B.U.S.D. schools).

We'd like to THANK YOU for your patience,

as the playground areas at both of our parks

were under construction and had been closed

for a few weeks more than we had anticipated.

We are thrilled about the addition of three beautiful

NEW shade structures! (2 at Venner park, and 1 at Barstow 

Heights Park). As the hot days of summer approach, we are

happy to know that kids in our community will be able to

enjoy much cooler playground areas, even during the

hottest parts of the day.

Please enjoy and have a Happy (and Safe!) Easter!!

 (Barstow Heights Park, located on the corner of H Street and Rimrock Rd.)

 (another view of Barstow Heights Park, located on the corner of H Street and Rimrock Rd.) 

(photo taken last week, while construction was still in progress at

Venner Park, located on the corner of K Street and Panamint Rd.)

Dedication of Barstow Heights Park on Wed, Nov. 4th at 10:00am!

You are invited to join us for a

Dedication Ceremony

at Barstow Heights Park

(located on the corner of H Street and Rimrock Road)

10:00 a.m.

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

 

 

Come Celebrate with us…

(The Barstow Heights Community Services District Board of Directors)

the completion of recent park improvement projects!

  Our brief ceremony will honor the memory of two very special ladies;

Barbara E. Kelley, who gave more than 36 years of dedicated service to our community as a Director of the BHCSD, and Dorothy Davis, whose generous contributions funded the recent additions of new shade canopies, picnic tables, barbecues, trash cans, sidewalks, and trees to beautify the park.

Keynote speakers will include Beverly J. Lowry and Richard (Dick) P. Jacobs. Refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the ceremony.

 

Park Reminders!

As Spring approaches and the weather begins to warm up, we start to see a big increase in the number of people who visit our Parks each day. We LOVE to see our Parks being enjoyed by so many children and adults! Here are some photos we took recently to show you what makes us smile...

 Barstow Heights Park on Saturday 2/21/15 at 1pm.

(corner of H street and Rimrock road)

Someone is having a party complete with bounce houses and a piñata!

You can also see that the grass is starting to grow back alongside

our newly constructed sidewalk ramp. Our NEW shaded picnic areas

are now much easier to get to with your wheelchairs, strollers, and rolling ice-chests!

 

Venner Park on Saturday 2/21/15 at 1pm.

(corner of K street and Panamint road)

Another party with a bounce house and kids playing soccer in the grass.

Three separate shaded picnic areas at this location means lots of room for

multiple gatherings/events to take place at one time.

This park also features a large playground area for the children, fitness stations,

a basketball court, beach volleyball court, and horseshoe pits.

 

We thought it would be a good time to remind our guests about our Park Rules and Regulations as well as answer your most frequently asked question. Our office gets the most phone calls from park visitors inquiring about how to make reservations to use one of our Parks and whether or not we have water/electricity hook-ups available.

 

At this time, we do NOT take reservations for our Parks. They are always free and open to the public on a "first come, first serve" basis. We also do not have water/electricity hook-ups available. Those who rent/bring in bounce houses, laser-tag arenas, and other such forms of entertainment are responsible for bringing their own generators/air compressors if power is needed.

 

Finally, here our Park Rules and Regulations as

posted at both of our Park locations:

Please enjoy our lovely Parks!!
 

Barstow Heights Park is CLOSED Temporarily for Construction!

Construction began this morning (Tuesday 9/9/14), at Barstow Heights Park that is located on the corner of H Street and Rimrock Rd. We are very excited to finally announce this improvement project that the Board of Directors have been planning for more than a year now. The improvements being made will include the construction of TWO new shade canopies (20 feet wide by 40 feet in length), the addition of three new picnic tables, new trash cans, and new barbecues; as well as new cement foundations and sidewalks/ramps that meet all of the ADA requirements. New benches/seating on each side the basketball court will also be added. Our park will soon feature more picnic areas that are covered/shaded and will be much more accessible and user-friendly to guests with wheelchairs, strollers, and rolling ice chests! The project is expected to take a few weeks to complete, so for now, THE PARK IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC with the exception of the Basketball Court. The Basketball Court will remain open as long as those who use it will respect the temporary orange fencing and stay out of the closed section of the park.  We are hopeful that we will be able to open the park again beginning Friday, September 19th, as long as the Construction is able to progress as scheduled. In the meantime, we recommend that residents and guests visit nearby Venner Park that is located on the corner of K Street and Panamint Rd.
THANK YOU for your patience while we are
Closed for Construction...

we can't wait to reveal all the NEW improvements

as soon as they are completed!

It's going to be beautiful!!

 

 All of the painted white lines show where new sidewalks will be added...

this sidewalk will connect from the parking lot to the restrooms

and then to the shaded picnic areas and playground.

 

 More new sidewalks being added near the restrooms

to connect them to the covered picnic areas and parking lot.

 

 South location where one of the new 20x40 foot slabs and shade canopies will be added.

 

 Another view of the South location where one of the new 20x40 foot slabs

and shade canopies will be added.

 

 The painted white lines show where the sidewalk ramp going down the hill will be located.

 

 The old barbecue and slab on the North side will be replaced

with a another new 20x40 foot slab and shade canopy.

 

View looking up the hill from the location of the North side shade canopy.

 

Painted lines show where sidewalks are being added to connect

both covered picnic areas with the playground.

 

Packed Parks on Easter Weekend!

We were so glad to see our two Parks packed so full of people this past weekend! We are so pleased to see them utilized and so busy this time of year when the weather is so lovely. Here are a few photos we took to try to show you the crowds present at both Parks on Sunday afternoon, March 31st. We hope you all had a Happy Easter and thank you for visiting and enjoying our beautiful Parks!

 

 The crowd at Barstow Heights Park, corner of H street and Rimrock (above).

 

 The main parking lot was full, so there were quite a few cars parked on the
South side of Barstow Heights Park as well (above).

 

 The busy playground at Venner Park, corner of Panamint and K street (above).

 

 South-side view of Venner Park (above).

 

View of Venner Park from the South-East corner (above).

Snow, beautiful Snow...

...at Barstow Heights Park!

(located on the corner of Rimrock Rd. and H Street)

Who wants to build a snowman?!!