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Paint the Parks

A group of people in matching t-shirts posing together on a baseball field.
A logo with a stylized green tree, paint splatters, and the text "PAINT THE PARKS - North Highlands Recreation & Park District".

We’re thrilled to launch our latest initiative, Paint the Parks! After the overwhelming positive response to the Community Mural at Karl Rosario Park, we’re excited to bring more color and creativity to our parks.

This project is all about investing in our community spaces—revitalizing them as safe, welcoming places, fostering neighborhood pride, and discouraging vandalism. Over the next year, we’ll transform 10 locations, adding painted games, refreshing basketball courts, decorating trash cans and benches, and much more!

Stay tuned for updates, photos, and details on each project—we can’t wait to share this journey with you!

If you would like to help out at our parks, please fill out the Volunteer Form.

Paint Project Dates & Parks:

2024

  • July 24: Karl Rosario Park - DONE!
  • August 28: Planehaven Park - DONE!
  • September 25: Freedom Park - DONE! 
  • October 22: Brock Park Sports Complex - DONE!

2025

  • January: Front Office - DONE!
  • January 22: Larchmont Park - DONE!
  • February 25: Capehart Gymnasium - DONE!
  • March 26: Strizek Park - DONE! 
  • April 23: Memorial Park - DONE! 
  • May 28: Chardonnay Park - DONE! 
  • June 25: Ruth Inman Park  

Thank you to our sponsors: Visions Quality Coatings, Home Depot, American Logowear, Knight Watch Security and Lou's Burgers!

Orange square with "The Home Depot" logo in white stencil-like letters.
A logo with the word "Visions" and "Quality Coatings," featuring a blue and green brush stroke circle.
A logo with a red and blue diamond design, a white star, the text "American Logowear Since 1988."
A before-and-after comparison of a park path painted into a colorful rainbow.
Location: Karl Rosario Park
Before and after photos of park benches and a trash bin painted with colorful geometric designs.
Location: Planehaven Park
Before and after photos of a park pathway painting project, transforming a plain surface into a colorful, planet-themed walkway.
Location: Freedom Park
Before and after photos of a sports complex renovation project.
Location: Brock Park Sports Complex
A park path transformation at Larchmont Park, featuring colorful caterpillar and snake designs for the "Paint the Parks Project #5".
Location: Larchmont Park
Doors and basketball backboard before and after repainting at Capehart Gymnasium, part of "Paint the Parks Project #6".
Location: Capehart Gymnasium
Picnic tables at Strizek Park with musical and colorful designs, plus a sidewalk with positive words like "Kind" and "Powerful."
Location: Strizek Park
Painted park benches, trash cans, and a picnic table at Memorial Park with colorful designs including a bird and a treasure map.
Location: Memorial Park
Park project images: painted benches, a sign with "LUNGES EACH LEG," and a painted green trash bin.
Location: Chardonnay Park
Paintbrushes in a glass jar and paint rollers on a table with people in the background, possibly at a community event.
Three people painting a fence, smiling, wearing gloves, and white shirts with green paint splotches.
A smiling woman is painting a wooden fence blue.
Two smiling individuals in paint-splattered clothing with rollers, standing by a fence, trees and a blue sky in the background.
Two people with paint rollers working on a blue paint project outdoors, smiling at the camera.
People with white T-shirts that say "PAINT THE PARKS" and list park names. Sponsor logos at the bottom.
Volunteers are painting a staircase blue under a clear sky.
A person kneeling and painting colorful circles on a pavement with stencils in an outdoor area.
Person painting a wall, standing on a ladder with a paint tray and brushes.
Person on a ladder painting a door frame blue with a brush.
A person in a Rotary hat paints a metal door blue with a roller, smiling, next to paint supplies.
Four people in matching shirts stand smiling outside a blue door.
Person painting a colorful abstract design on a panel outdoors, wearing a white "Paint the Parks" t-shirt and a cap.
A basketball hoop with a colorful backboard, set outdoors near a building and open sky.
A person smiling, crouched under an orange picnic table in a park, wearing sunglasses and a cap.
Three people painting colorful star designs on a bench outdoors.
Two people smiling near a painted park bench with leaf designs, wearing white shirts in a park setting.
Three people painting a green trash can at a park with playground equipment in the background.
A before-and-after comparison of a park path painted into a colorful rainbow.
Before and after photos of park benches and a trash bin painted with colorful geometric designs.
Before and after photos of a park pathway painting project, transforming a plain surface into a colorful, planet-themed walkway.
Before and after photos of a sports complex renovation project.
A park path transformation at Larchmont Park, featuring colorful caterpillar and snake designs for the "Paint the Parks Project #5".
Doors and basketball backboard before and after repainting at Capehart Gymnasium, part of "Paint the Parks Project #6".
Picnic tables at Strizek Park with musical and colorful designs, plus a sidewalk with positive words like "Kind" and "Powerful."
Painted park benches, trash cans, and a picnic table at Memorial Park with colorful designs including a bird and a treasure map.
Park project images: painted benches, a sign with "LUNGES EACH LEG," and a painted green trash bin.
Paintbrushes in a glass jar and paint rollers on a table with people in the background, possibly at a community event.
Three people painting a fence, smiling, wearing gloves, and white shirts with green paint splotches.
A smiling woman is painting a wooden fence blue.
Two smiling individuals in paint-splattered clothing with rollers, standing by a fence, trees and a blue sky in the background.
Two people with paint rollers working on a blue paint project outdoors, smiling at the camera.
People with white T-shirts that say "PAINT THE PARKS" and list park names. Sponsor logos at the bottom.
Volunteers are painting a staircase blue under a clear sky.
A person kneeling and painting colorful circles on a pavement with stencils in an outdoor area.
Person painting a wall, standing on a ladder with a paint tray and brushes.
Person on a ladder painting a door frame blue with a brush.
A person in a Rotary hat paints a metal door blue with a roller, smiling, next to paint supplies.
Four people in matching shirts stand smiling outside a blue door.
Person painting a colorful abstract design on a panel outdoors, wearing a white "Paint the Parks" t-shirt and a cap.
A basketball hoop with a colorful backboard, set outdoors near a building and open sky.
A person smiling, crouched under an orange picnic table in a park, wearing sunglasses and a cap.
Three people painting colorful star designs on a bench outdoors.
Two people smiling near a painted park bench with leaf designs, wearing white shirts in a park setting.
Three people painting a green trash can at a park with playground equipment in the background.
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