Four massive Seville olive trees were installed in The Bridge District’s Garden Park earlier this month setting the stage for a welcoming community space in West Sacramento’s newest development area. Garden Park is a three-quarter-acre public park billed as the “centerpiece” to the first stage of development of The Bridge District, according to Stephen Jaycox, senior vice president of design for The Bridge District’s designer/developer, Fulcrum Property. Jaycox said the design and planning of The Bridge District is unusual compared to typical new development plans. “We are starting with the green space and then moving on to building townhomes and apartments around it,” Jaycox said. “Thi

Community advocate and avid parks and open space supporter Marilyn C. Evans was selected as the Champion of the Community by the California Park & Recreation Society for 2011. She was nominated by the Mission Oaks Recreation and Park District in honor of her 36 years as an advocate for the District, Sacramento County Regional Parks and many park projects and organizations. She will be honored at a banquet in Sacramento on March 11. “Mission Oaks has been blessed as a result of Marilyn’s past and continued voluntary involvement. Her legacy will live on through the many park improvements that thousands already enjoy as well as future improvements that will be made possible though her passio