Pine Park

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Pine Park in Carlsbad Village spans 7.7 acres on the former Pine School site, bordered by Harding Street and Chestnut Avenue in the heart of the city's northwest quadrant. The park anchors a multigenerational campus alongside the adjacent Carlsbad Senior Center, connected by a shared drop-off area and the 18,000-square-foot Pine Avenue Community Center featuring a multipurpose gymnasium, teen center, and computer rooms. Synthetic turf multi-use sports fields host year-round soccer tournaments and baseball games, with two lighted outdoor basketball courts and a 1.5-acre ornamental garden of drought-tolerant plantings at the corner of Madison Street and Chestnut Avenue. An informal amphitheater provides a venue for outdoor performances and community gatherings, a programming tradition that connects to Carlsbad Village's broader cultural calendar at venues including New Village Arts. Covered picnic shelters with built-in barbecues, a children's play area, and restrooms serve the Barrio neighborhood's densest residential corridor. The $8.5 million community center construction contract, awarded to Barnhart-Reese Construction with design by Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects, was funded through developer impact fees collected under the city's Growth Management Program.