Community members start working on details to improve the amphitheatre in Land Park Editor’s note: There will be a follow up story in So about a year ago, neighbors decided an upcoming Land Park News issue about more they wanted to start a modernization effort of the details surrounding the amphitheater and and they contacted then city councilmemneighbors’ plans to revamp it. ber Rob Fong. They started meeting with City College staff By Monica Stark and came up with some ideas, took some piceditor@valcomnews.com tures and then surveyed The Land Park Community Association, which indicated 85 perBesides the annual Shakespeare festival put cent polled interested in improvements. on by neighboring Sacramento City College, It could become a place to hold more shows the William A. Carroll Amphitheatre in Land and even wedding ceremonies. Park plays host to not much else. But, it’s not going to be cheap, says president Its poor lighting, lack of bathrooms and of the LPCA Mark Abrahams. ticket booth, make for a difficult place to hold Mark Abrahams, president of the Land Park events. And at a previous movie night, people Community Association, had a difficult time finding their way out of Back in February, citycouncilmember Steve their seats due to the lack of light. And if per- Hansen said the amphitheater project is “very formers ever want to use the bathroom, they exciting and is a much-needed modernization so might be gone for 15 minutes, as the nearest that space can be better utilized.” He said if it can bathroom is a couple hundred yards away. work, it’s going to be a win-win for everybody.
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