Our Project

Park Sign

Clearing the land for our park

The Oroville Veterans Memorial Park Committee

We are a non-profit organization dedicated to building a memorial park in Oroville, California to properly honor our local veterans of military service. Additionally, we are gathering names and historical information on those veterans who died serving their country. They will be honored on a special wall in our park. This is the least we can do for those who gave the most and the most we can do for those about whom we know so little, and who gave so much.

 

Visit our Honor Roll and Archives to view the information we have on those who served. We encourage visitors who have additional historical information to contact us so we can properly acknowledge our military service men and women.

Park Concept

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Generous Contributors To Our Park:

  • NorCal Waste: Provided no-fee rubbish bins and waste hauling

  • Carey Construction: Discounted demolition of existing structures.

  • Northstar Engineering: Pro Bono engineering design of park

  • John Christofferson: Pro Bono park site surveying

  • Morgan Tree Service: Pro Bono tree removal

  • City of Oroville: Property purchase and appraisal serivice

  • PG&E: Utilities disconnection

  • Committee volunteers: Site clean up

  • Feather River Parks and Recreation: Prop 12 funds, Architect funding, staff work

  • Ted Bigelow: Backhoe / ditch work

  • Bud Tracy: Pro Bono work

 

Accomplishments To Date:

  • A site has been chosen

  • A design selected

  • Tax-exempt status obtained

  • A feasibility study completed

  • 27 April 2004 - Butte County Board of Supervisors OK grant money 

  • December 2005 - Purchased the lot next to the Vet's Hall for the park site

  • February 2006 - Purchased vacant lot next to Boss Burger from Butte County

  • March 2008 - County purchases all properties for park.

  • April 2008 - Site preparation begins.

  • 2009 -  Site is surveyed. Land tiles are finalized. Engineering drawings in progress.

  • December 2009 - Conceptual drawings competed and approved.

  • Spring 2010 - Official grouindbreaking.

  • August 2010 - Fencing installed around Park worksite.

  • November 2010 - County approves building permit & $872,000 in labor and materials to be donated by Private Industry Council.

  • September 2011 - County accepts bid from contractor to build retaining wall for river overlook. Retaining wall blocks are being cast.

  • November 17, 2011 - Retaining wall construction begins.

Phase I

Remove existing structures - COMPLETED Spring 2008

Complete engineering drawings - COMPLETED Dec 2009

Install park overlook retaining wall - COMPLETED Feb 2012

Phase II

Pave walkways and parking area

Plant trees

Erect main monument and memorial walls

Install restrooms