‘There’s this perception of fear’: Group seeks park along blighted section of Coyote Creek

A 50-ACRE PIECE of land along Coyote Creek sits deserted and is frequently home to encampments and blight, yet the city still hesitates to support a coalition’s pursuit to turn it into a park for community benefit.

Coyote Meadows Coalition, a group comprising more than a dozen local groups and hundreds of volunteers, has spent the last few years pushing for the city to turn the vacant land along Coyote Creek between Story Road and Highway 280 into a recreational destination for residents and visitors. But the city is noncommittal on how it wants to move forward.