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Temple City expands playgrounds, pickleball courts and opens design process for new open space
Summary
Parks & Recreation Director Adam Matsumoto outlined completed themed playgrounds at Temple City Park and Live Oak Park, an expansion to eight pickleball courts with a March 16 tournament, completed Primrose Park public art, senior meal distributions, and a design agreement for the Sereno open‑space project with SWA Landscape Architects.
Temple City’s Parks and Recreation Department reported multiple completed and planned park improvements designed to broaden recreation options and create new public space.
"We have a new bamboo‑forest themed playground at Temple City Park," Adam Matsumoto said, describing a custom design with a main tower slide, overhead climbers, accessible surfacing and an upgraded adjacent picnic shelter. He said the Live Oak Park design was selected following a community workshop that drew more than 300 responses and will revive the park’s rocket‑ship play theme with a three‑tower structure and multiple play elements.
Matsumoto announced that four existing pickleball courts at Live Oak Park will be doubled to eight courts following resident interest and a pilot program; the city plans its first pickleball tournament on March 16. He also reported the completion of public art installations at Primrose Park, including a koi‑pond tile mural and a monarch‑butterfly bench by artist Mike Talber.
On senior services, the city said it distributed more than 25,000 hot meals and 38,000 frozen meals in the past year and organized a senior produce market that distributed 175 baskets. Matsumoto also said the city has entered a design agreement with SWA Landscape Architects to develop the Sereno open‑space project in the city’s southwest portion and that resident feedback will guide the design process.
Matsumoto framed these investments as part of a strategy to make parks hubs for community safety, recreation and intergenerational activity; maps and details for some recreation projects are available at City Hall and on the city website.
Next steps: public outreach on the Sereno open‑space project and city postings for tournament registration and park programming updates.
