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Introduction
The Parks and Facilities Division maintains and operates the City's approximately 125+ acres of parks, open space, and landscape areas. We also manage the operation and maintenance of various facilities, such as the Miller & Lux Center and the Recreation Hall, and also provide maintenance services to other departments, as needed.
The division is charged with the task of maintaining and improving the City's Urban Forestry Program. This includes the maintenance of all City owned street trees, park trees, and all other trees considered to be publicly owned trees. We realize the value of our urban forest, and strive to maintain it, as well as improve it in the best manner possible.
We are proud of the fact that Los Banos has many well maintained parks with new playground structures for our children. This is the result of an ongoing program to replace the older playground equipment with new modern structures that meet the latest safety guidelines. We take the safety of our playgrounds seriously, and have in place a safety inspection program to ensure that our playgrounds remain the safe play areas that they are.
A proud addition to our park system is the Skateboard Park located at the Colorado Ball Park. This facility is the result of input and requests received from local young people who made their wishes known to the City Council. The facility opened in May of 1999, and has been going strong ever since. Come out and see the kids, they put on a great show.
Currently, there are plans for several new parks to be built in the near future. These new facilities will be built along with new planned developments, and range in size from small pocket parks to large multi-use parks. Currently, we are working with developers in putting together plans for the staged development of these facilities.
If you would like more information about our parks and facilities, call the Public Works Department at (209) 827-7034 or e-mail us at PublicServices@losbanos.org
The City of Los Banos promotes the planting of trees in our community. As a result Los Banos is a proud member of the Tree City USA Program.
Tree planting festivals are probably as old as civilization The first Arbor Day in the Untied States was celebrated in Nebraska on April 10, 1872. On that day, J. Sterling Morton launched his "Campaign of Tree Planting." Shortly after that time, other states began to observe Arbor Day. Today in California, Arbor Day is observed on March 7th . This date commemorates varieties of flowers, fruits, grains, grasses, vegetables, and trees.
Arbor Day honors all trees, those of economic, aesthetic, and environmental importance. Tree appreciation and conservation, tree knowledge, and scientific tree care are closely associated with Arbor Day. Since the beginning of time, trees have been the friend of man.
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