St. Johns County celebrates $1.8M renovation of Vilano Beach Oceanfront Park

On Wed., July 17, St. Johns County held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the completion of renovations at Vilano Beach Oceanfront Park.

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The $1.8M renovations included:

• Improvements to the northern walkover to bring into ADA compliance.
• Renovation of existing restrooms.
• Construction of a covered performance stage with terraced seating.
• Construction of new outdoor showers.
• Construction of changing stations.
• Installation of a new climbing play structure and recreation features.
• Renovation of the existing south walkover.
• Addition of ADA parking in the existing parking lot.

SJC County District 5 Commissioner Henry Dean said the Main Street will benefit from the park’s completition.

“When I first became a commissioner in 2016 and Vilano Beach was part of my district, [Vilano Beach community member Vivian Browning] called me and sat down with me and she was like a pit bull on a pork chop… and we got this done,” Commissioner Dean said. “We now have a very, very vibrant Main Street which has been very active in getting this project done.”

The $1,814,400 price tag was funded by Park Impact Fees and the Tree Bank Fund.

The county produced a YouTube video of the project:

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