Grant Howald Park is a 3.5 acre park that has been serving the community of Newport Beach since 1954 as a popular community destination with a large multi-purpose field space, restroom building, parking, and tot lot. The park is directly adjacent to the CYC (Community Youth Center), an elementary school, and is nestled in the Harbor View neighborhood of Corona Del Mar. RJM assisted the City in preparing a preliminary conceptual design plan with input from the City’s Public Works Department, Parks Beaches and Recreation, and Ad Hoc committee. Further input was derived from the community through a community workshop project run by RJM and City staff to prepare a schematic design package for City Council approval.

Proposed improvements of the park rehabilitation include a new synthetic turf multipurpose sports field, team staging area, improved parking lot and ADA access, new pedestrian streetscape condition with undergrounding of SCE above ground utilities, new 2-5 and 5-12 tot lots with connected inclusive and accessible play opportunities, and new park amenities such as benches, drinking fountains, bike racks, trash receptacles, and shade shelters. RJM then prepared a design development package to detail the exact elements for construction and demolition that have guided the development of the construction document drawings and specifications.