Project Info
Cottonwood Creek Park is an eight-acre neighborhood park that includes open turf areas, tennis courts, a group picnic gazebo, a children’s play area, and environmental education. The central feature of the park is the “daylighting” of Cottonwood Creek and Moonlight Creek, two intermittent streams that once ran under the property in a large culvert. The park construction brought the two creeks to the surface and routed them through the park creating a new riparian corridor. A siltation basin and wetland/riparian vegetation were planted to naturally cleanse the water as it flows through the park. The creek is revegetated with native plant material and provides bioremediation and flood control for 2,100-acres of watershed that flow into the park. Sustainably harvested IPE wood was used for observation decks and fencing. The parking lot and most walkways are constructed with permeable concrete paving.
Awards
- Orchid Award, Orchids and Onions Public Awareness Program
- Merit Award, American Society of Landscape Architects, San Diego Chapter
- Project of the Year, American Public Works Association, San Diego and Imperial Counties Chapter
- Environmental Award, Sunset Magazine Environmental Award
- Innovative Concrete Award, San Diego Chapter of the American Concrete Institutue
- Art in Concrete Award, First Place Specialty Paving, San Diego Chapter of the American Concrete Institute