COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER
Mission Veijo, CA

The Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center has enjoyed a reputation as an active intergenerational center for the past 20 years. With its new 13,500 square foot addition, including a cultural and performing arts building, the center is buzzing with activities for all. Surrounded by beautiful Oso Viejo Park, the facility offers grand terraces, pedestrian bridges and walkways, shade structures, creek overlooks, a picnic area, garden seating areas, a tot lot, and the Veterans Plaza. The Village Green is a dual-purpose open space with two soccer fields that can also be used to accommodate large events. A dry creek bed acts as a bioswale to cleanse run-off water from the parking lot during various times of the season. A pedestrian trail connects the community center to the Oso Creek Trail. Community-wide support has been established and maintained through annual community participation events involving planting installations, the creation of public art projects, and permanent mosaic monuments located throughout the park and the Oso Creek Trail.