Parks & Recreation News

City of Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation staff have completed work on the Shoreline Park Torii Gate Garden Restoration Project. The donation-funded project was a collaboration between the Parks and…

The Ortega Park Revitalization Project will be presented at the Architectural Board of Review (ABR) on Monday, March 20, 2023. The Parks and Recreation Department Project Team is requesting Project Design Approval.

The Parks and Recreation Department has opened registration for upcoming spring sessions. Classes for adults include ballroom dancing, beach volleyball, tennis, pickleball, and ice skating. Youth spring break camps and after-school classes…

The City of Santa Barbara will offer two reduced-cost lifeguard certification courses this spring in an ongoing effort to improve the community’s overall water safety.  While typical lifeguard training courses cost around $200, the Parks…

The City of Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Department has released the listing of camps to be offered through this year’s summer camp program. In 2022, the Department’s summer camp program served almost 3,000 individual participants…

Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation staff have begun various turf renovation and water-efficient irrigation upgrade projects across the City. The projects are funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) which provided state and local…

The Fund for Santa Barbara (The FUND) has announced Santa Barbara Youth Council as one of seven organizations to receive the South County Youth Making Change Grant, a grant awarded annually to support youth-led projects…

Phase 1 of the Shoreline Park Torii Gate Garden Restoration Project is set to begin this week. Phase 1 will focus on regrading areas where the garden elevations have changed over time, relocating boulders that have shifted…

The City of Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Department is seeking musical acts for the 2023 Concerts in the Park series.