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Norwalk park overhaul draws protests as residents say plan removes neighborhood amenities
Summary
Norwalk officials presented a roughly $51–53 million Hermosillo Park master plan and scheduled groundbreaking for Dec. 2025. Longtime neighbors objected that the plan removes basketball, handball courts and a kiddie pool and said outreach was inadequate; staff said most funding is from state and regional grants.
Norwalk leaders presented an updated master plan for Hermosillo Park on Dec. 2, 2025, describing new synthetic soccer fields, a community building, an outdoor amphitheater and stormwater improvements, with a groundbreaking slated for December 2025 and construction expected to take about two-and-a-half years.
The plan—staff and the presenter said—relies largely on outside grants (City staff estimated roughly $52,000,000 in total project cost and noted most funding comes from state, county and regional sources, with additional potential midyear budget actions). Alan Perdomo, a city staff presenter, outlined completed park upgrades elsewhere and said community…
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