San Bernardino completes park clean up

The City of San Bernardino Public Works Beautification Team, in partnership with the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department, recently completed rehabilitating Bryce Hanes Park and the Jon Cole Skate Park including cleaning, repairs and upgrades.

“Bryce Hanes Park and the Jon Cole Skate Park opened about seven years ago,” said Public Works Deputy Director Ernesto Salinas in a statement. “It was due for a little extra attention, and it looks great.”

Work included trimming trees, new landscaping, new murals and art at the skate park, and upgrades to the restrooms, including plumbing repairs and interior/exterior paint. A new decorative rockscape was also installed.

Additional improvements to the playground are being planned as well as the creation of a new herb and fragrance garden.

Bryce Hanes Park and the Jon Cole Skate Park opened 2016. They were named after two recently passed San Bernardino heroes.

Bryce Hanes was a San Bernardino Police Officer who was killed while on duty at the age of 39 by a drunk driver who struck Hanes’ patrol car.

Jon Cole was an avid skateboarder who was killed in 2011 at the age of 21 as he tried to rescue his mother and stepfather from a downed power line.

Bryce Hanes Park and the Jon Cole Skate Park are located at 900 North E Street in San Bernardino.