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Parks, as much as schools and jobs, are a perk for Pleasanton homeowners and home buyers.
“People like a place to go. They want a place to gather, they want a place to walk the dog, push the strollers, for their kids to play sports. All of that has a huge impact on what people do when they’re looking for a home,” Pleasanton-based Realtor Tracey Esling said.
Esling said home buyers are asking about sports facilities and tot lots where kids can play. “If you have a stay-at-home parent, (a park) is a gathering place.”
William Doerlich, 2018 past president of the Bay East Association of Realtors said, “As a Realtor working in Pleasanton, the city’s focus on providing an excellent park and recreation system is a major benefit for all those interested buyers and sellers in the city.”
Parks are a consideration for home buyers considering Pleasanton. “The first thing is schools, the next thing is parks and then the third thing would be location to shopping and restaurants,” said Jennifer Branchini, a Pleasanton Realtor and 2014 president of the Bay East Association of Realtors.
She continued, “It’s part of the conversation that happens with every client that I interact with and it comes up in every transaction. There are a good number of people who come to me wanting to look in Pleasanton because they have done some high-level research and they’re drawn here because of the number of parks we have.”
As Pleasanton continues to evolve, parks help create a balance of land-uses. “You have the open space factor, you have the pet factor, you have the kid factor, people like knowing Pleasanton isn’t just all homes,” Branchini said.
Doerlich agreed, saying, “The city of Pleasanton has always incorporated parks and recreational space into their master plan as an important and essential component of the city’s plan and appeal.”
Branchini credits parks as the foundation of Pleasanton’s appeal. “It’s about the community as a whole that makes Pleasanton so great,” she said. “You’ve got the sports parks with trails you can run around, you’ve got parks all over with great playground equipment.”
Branchini also knows where all the great “slide” parks are in Pleasanton: “Bring your cardboard to Hansen Park so you can get on the cement slide and the Mission Hills Park has a gigantic 30-foot slide.”
The Pleasanton park appeal comes from its variety.
“From the swim center, to the sports complex, to the new Bernal Complex — which hosted the Tri-Valley Cricket Tournament finals last November — and the recently implemented Bicycle Master Plan, the city is continually investing in enhancing and expanding recreational choices and facilities for the residents,” Doerlich said.
Editor’s note: David Stark is the public affairs director for the Bay East Association of Realtors, based in Pleasanton.
Editor’s note: David Stark is the public affairs director for the Bay East Association of Realtors, based in Pleasanton.
Yes! Love the Pleasanton parks. Still, I’d prefer less high density building happening around Pleasanton.
I totally agree with Bridget. We don’t need any more high density building.
It will ruin our town.
Agreed – it’s not the community I envision for my family. We need personal and public space, not rack and stack housing with an open field for all a few blocks away.
True. When we bought our house in 2010, we looked at San Ramon and Pleasanton. Pleasanton seems to have a park associated with every neighborhood. For San Ramon, when we toured an open house there I asked the realtor “So, where’s the nearest park from here?”. Blank look on her face. I later checked a map. No park anywhere within walking distance of the house. Very happy to have bought a house here in Pleasanton in the Oak Hill neighborhood where we have a nice park within a few minutes walking distance from our house. Nice for walking the dog or just taking a pleasant evening stroll after dinner.
Parks and high density housing = crime scenes.
Parks and suburbia = child/community friendly environments
Yeah and both those communities are completely unattractive to me, getting sued for poor planning, and have consumed their open space. Let them have the high density market. Danville and Pleasanton can remain rationally suburban.
….and more crowded and polluted/trashed parks. They are all yours Bob. Pop over to the park behind Safeway in Dublin and enjoy a summer picnic. It’s a mini Disneyland- all yours.
I think you long to live in san Francisco- move there.
Completely agree. Concrete jungles are taking all over the place. We hope this doesn’t happen with out Pleasanton.
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@Pleasanton Parent,
Plenty of high density housing in Dublin and San Ramon. Very low crime rate in both.
Don’t be one of the crazy people who post paranoid nonsense here. Like the ones who think all the H-1B Visa immigrants in Pleasanton will lead to more crime.
@PP,
But comparably low crime rates. So quit panicking.
Next, let’s fix the cell coverage. Verizon is okay, but AT&T and T-Mobile are pretty awful. What is the deal with opposition to building cell phone towers? That is a form of NIMBYISM that I totally don’t get. Do some people still think that only drug dealers have cell phones?
@PP,
Frankly, it sounds to me like you long to live in a small town, maybe somewhere in the Sierra foothills or Central Valley, but still want to be a short commute from employers and businesses.
Good luck with that. Pleasanton is right next to Silicon Valley. People from all over the world work hard to get here and live here. It is kind of futile to try to keep them out.