Our Project

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.

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.

In Progress:

Obtain permits and additional grant monies

Research Veterans who served from Oroville

Solicit dedications (engraved black marble tiles)

Solicit contributions for Memorial Wall

Petition to have new streets named for fallen veterans

Petition to place Gold Stars on existing honorary street signs

Future Tasks:

Spring 2008 - Remove existing structures from park site

 

Generous Contributors:

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

• Carey Construction: Discounted demolition of existing structures.

 

Construct Park:

Phase I

Grade Park site

Gravel the parking area

Install grass and benches on river overlook

Phase II

Pave walkways and parking area

Plant trees

Erect main monument and memorial walls

Install restrooms