Kaison Perkins, 6, plays near a new mural at the renovated Centennial Park in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Tustin Mayor Pro Tem John Nielsen, center, is joined by Council Members Lee Fink, center left, and Ryan Gallagher, center, right, and others for the cutting of the ribbon to formerly open the newly-renovated Centennial Park in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Centennial Park visitors walk by a new sculpture in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
One of two tot lot playgrounds at the newly-renovated Centennial Park in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Neighborhood residents walk along a path lined with new landscaping at the renovated Centennial Park in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. The renovation included 111 trees and over 2000 plants with new irrigation and concrete throughout. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
A girl checks out one of the playgrounds at the newly-renovated Centennial Park in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. All of the new playgrounds feature elevated and ground-level play elements that encourage exploration and physical activity. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Julianna, left, and Jiselle Delatorre play at the sand volleyball court that has been completely renovated at Centennial Park in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Balloons welcome kids as they walk their dog at the newly-renovated Centennial Park in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Grace Hebel, 4, left, turns the Whirl as Ai Vy Nguyen, 4, rides at one of the Centennial Park new playgrounds in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. The inclusive Whirl is a kind of wheelchair accessible merry-go-round. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Kids try out the new shaded swings at one of the playgrounds at the newly-renovated Centennial Park in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Neighborhood residents take a stroll with their pets around the newly-renovated Centennial Park in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Kids play at one of two tot lot playgrounds that were completely replaced during the renovation of Centennial Park in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. The wood chip surfaces of the playgrounds were upgraded to a padded rubberized surface. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
A gathered audience of community members and officials listen as Tustin Mayor Pro Tem John Fink talks about the features of the newly-renovated Centennial Park during a grand reopening ceremony in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Tustin Council Member Ryan Gallagher talks about the newly-renovated Centennial Park at the grand re-opening ceremony in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Rushil Niraula, 14, shoots some hoops on the resurfaced basketball court at the newly-renovated Centennial Park in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Via Widera, 9, tries out the variable monkey bars of the new outdoor fitness area at the newly-renovated Centennial Park. The City of Tustin held a grand re-opening for the park in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
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Kaison Perkins, 6, plays near a new mural at the renovated Centennial Park in Tustin on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
After a year of being closed for improvements, city leaders welcomed the community back to Centennial Park on Monday to check out the more than $5 million in work done that added new lighting, landscaping, benches for sitting and enjoying the scenery and more.
The two tot lot playgrounds were replaced, and a new fitness area added. Rubberized landing surfaces now line the playgrounds instead of woodchips.
“The inclusive whirl, which is wheelchair accessible, along with shaded swings, climbing domes and new elevated and ground-level play elements that encourage exploration and physical activity” are all new features.
The basketball and sand volleyball courts got upgrades, as did the picnic area.
And two new public art pieces have been installed, a mural celebrating the community and Tustin’s first public sculpture.
