Magnificent Alamo Creek Park in Dublin
Alamo Creek Park is one of Around Dublin’s favorite recreation spots. Alamo Creek Park provides visitors with picnic areas, BBQs, basketball courts, a playground, restrooms, a walking path, and drinking fountains. Another highlight is “Black Pool” by artist Alan Counihan of Dublin, Ireland.
To learn more about Alamo Creek Park and everything that it has to offer, the Around Dublin team interviewed Rich Guarienti. Rich is currently the Vice-Chair on Dublin’s Parks and Community Service commission and is also the Chair for the East Bay Parks and Recreation Parks Advisory Committee. Special thanks to Larry Kless of Online Video Publishing for sharing his expertise and equipment to produce this video.
10:30 PM on July 13th, 2009
Very nice video of a lovely Dublin park!
12:46 PM on July 15th, 2009
Thanks for the post as we didn’t even know this park existed. Dublin has an abundance of Sports Parks with another one Fallon to follow. We need more leisure parks for family picnics and gatherings.
11:54 PM on July 15th, 2009
This park is absolutely beautiful! I had my son’s graduation party at Alamo Creek Park few weeks ago and except for the Dublin wind (which I thoroughly enjoy on hot days)….everything was perfect!
11:55 PM on July 15th, 2009
I should also say that I didn’t not know about this park. My husband stumbled upon it on a bike ride. So glad he did!
1:26 PM on July 17th, 2009
We need more parks on the West Side.. Not a “heritage” park where we celebrate all that was lost given Dublin’s seemly unregulated development in both East and West Dublin.
John Z, what about more topics on Open Space. I am talking about virgin land and not the the “open space” that surrounds the Schaffer Ranch (9M Cubic Yards of displaced dirt to be exact).
3:01 PM on July 17th, 2009
Sorry John,
We just don’t have the funds to build another park in the West. The population when Dublin is built out will not support another park. Our parks are already strapped for cash and you want to take funding away from the parks in the East?
3:21 PM on July 17th, 2009
Let’s me guess…Emerald Glen is nice but the 25 minute commute is just too far? Also, you need a new park in the West to stop people from leaving Dublin to play in the nicer parks in Pleasanton and San Ramon.
Hahaha, hilarious!
5:24 PM on July 17th, 2009
6:56 PM on July 17th, 2009
This is hilarious. Good humor!!!
6:20 PM on July 17th, 2009
Hi John West Dublin – aside from the open space surrounding Schaffer Ranch, there is lots of potential open space east of Dublin. The Doolan Canyon area isn’t currently part of the Dublin city limits. However, if annexed, a major swath of the land could be dedicated as open space. Even if this area isn’t annexed, the property owners may be willing to sell a long-term preservation easement to the East Bay Regional Parks District.
The most cost-efficient approach for Dublin to secure dedicated open space is to either: 1) annex surrounding property in exchange for developers dedicating open space; or 2) purchase long-term easements.
Thx, John Z.
7:04 PM on July 17th, 2009
Hi, John Z.,
I came across this article:
http://www.independentnews.com/editorials.php?typeid=1
Does this mean Doolan Canyon is part of Livermore now? Thanks.
7:13 PM on July 17th, 2009
Hi Victor – this is a sliver of Doolan Canyon. There are other huge parcels of land owned by investors and ranchers that border Dublin.
Livermore has historically been against Dublin annexing the adjacent land in Doolan Canyon for fear of development close to North Livermore. This could be an impediment towards securing the open space for Dublin through a ‘Development Agreement for Open Space’ deal with developers.
Thx, John Z.
9:40 AM on July 18th, 2009
Hi John Z,
Thanks for your input. Here in the West, the EBRP has yet to open the “Dublin Hills” park and it’s ~ 600 acres. This park was made of land that was donated from KB Homes when they built the CA Highlands. Some of the land was also donated by Discovery Builders when they destroyed a frog pond and built a couple of houses on it. No wonder why it is a geo hazard zone (see GAD link).
GAD
http://209.172.109.140/weblink7/DocView.aspx?id=137829&searchhandle=31447
I wonder how Measure M will play into future development in the West?
Anyway, keep up the good work John Z and I enjoy your blog. It’s a great sounding board for our voices that have largely been unheard by the previous mayor. Too bad my wife and I are fed up and decided to move to Pleasanton or San Ramon when housing picks back up and we have a 20% deposit.
9:08 AM on July 28th, 2009
Hi John West Dublin – we’ll be publishing an article on Thursday to provide readers with an update on the Dublin Hills regional park.
Thx, John Z.
2:53 PM on July 17th, 2009
This is a great park in a wonderful neighborhood.