Mira Loma Overview
Mira Loma means “view of the hills” and the park by this name lives up to that description. Reno put aside $201,000 for construction of the park in 1980, despite an otherwise tight city budget. The planners met with surrounding residents to brainstorm ideas for the design of the park. By 1983, a portion of the 13-acre park was under development.
A few years later, voters approved a bond measure to finance improvements to the city parks, including Mira Loma Park. By 1988, the park was expanded to almost 38-acres and included many new amenities such as tennis courts, jogging path, more baseball/softball fields, and restrooms. Tennis courts were at a premium at the time since the only tennis complex in southwest Reno was at Pine Middle School, so the community was happy to have four courts added to the park. The new ball fields promised to host 200 softball teams. In 2000, another bond issue was approved by voters to go toward city parks, including the erection of a skateboard park at Mira Loma, which was completed in 2002.
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Mira Loma playground equipment. Source: Jay Kolbet-Clausell.
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