"Over the weekend, Oakland city leaders broke ground on renovations at Tyrone Carney Park, a half-acre lot located in the Sobrante Park neighborhood. With $3.5 million in city and state funding, city officials plan to restore the park by building new play areas, fitness equipment, paved walking paths, a new lawn, and other landscaping features. The park is expected to reopen next summer"
"The city also plans to install a memorial feature for the park's namesake, Tyrone Carney, an East Oakland man who served as a private in Vietnam with the U.S. Marine Corps and was killed at age 20 during the war. On a memorial website, family members and residents remembered him as a local paper boy, church regular, and Castlemont High graduate."
"East Oakland residents spent years working to bring the park back to life. In 2017, members of a community coalition called the East Oakland Neighborhoods Initiative came together to develop a roadmap for improving infrastructure in East Oakland - including revitalizing neighborhood parks. According to the project website, local community members from the Initiative partnered with Oakland's Public Works Department to develop a concept for the park and craft a grant proposal."
Groundbreaking began on renovations at Tyrone Carney Park, a half-acre lot in the Sobrante Park neighborhood of East Oakland. The project has $3.5 million in city and state funding to add play areas, fitness equipment, paved walking paths, a new lawn, and other landscaping. A memorial feature for Tyrone Carney will be installed; Carney served as a U.S. Marine Corps private in Vietnam and was killed at age 20. The park, built in 1968, was fenced off in 2002 after a deadly shooting. Community members and a 2017 coalition partnered with city departments to develop concepts and secure grant support, leading to the restoration.
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