Fremont Central Park
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Fremont Central Park is a 450 acres (182.1 ha) park that lies in the central area of Fremont, California
Fremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...

. The park is on Paseo Padre Parkway at Stevenson Boulevard and is easily accessible from both I-880 & I-680
Interstate 680 (California)
Interstate 680 is a north–south Interstate Highway in Northern California. It curves around the eastern cities of the San Francisco Bay Area from San Jose to Interstate 80 at Cordelia, bypassing cities along the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay such as Oakland and Richmond while serving...

. It began development in 1960. In the park lies Lake Elizabeth, an 83 acres (33.6 ha) man made lake that serves as a scenic picture for the residents who come to picnic, play sports, walk or tour the vicinity. The lake was dedicated to Fremont's Sister City, Elizabeth, South Australia
Elizabeth, South Australia
Elizabeth is a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Playford.-History:Elizabeth was established in 1955 as part of a planned satellite town by the South Australian Housing Trust on rural land between the older towns of Salisbury and...

 in 1969. For other recreation, the northeastern side of the park consists of the large Fremont Park Golf Course.

Government Offices

Within the park area are several City and County Government offices and buildings. Immediately in the park vicinity is the main Fremont branch of the Alameda County Library. The library has a large children's section, inviting families to come and enjoy the park. Also directly in the park is the Fremont Police Headquarters which provides visitors with a sense of safety and security. In the park, there is also a Visitor's Center that gives tourists information on the several sites of Fremont
Fremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...

 and the East Bay
East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
The East Bay is a commonly used, informal term for the lands on the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay, in the San Francisco Bay Area, in California, United States...

.

Also within the area is the Fremont Hall of Justice, the Fremont branch of the Alameda County Courthouse, which lies across the street on Paseo Padre Parkway. Nearby there is Fremont City Hall, the City Clerk's office and a branch of the US Social Security Administration
Social Security (United States)
In the United States, Social Security refers to the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program.The original Social Security Act and the current version of the Act, as amended encompass several social welfare and social insurance programs...

. The district offices of the local US Representative, California State Senator
Ellen Corbett
Ellen Marie Corbett is a Democratic politician from San Leandro, California. She is currently serving her second term in the California State Senate. Corbett represents the 10th District, which includes San Leandro, Hayward, Pleasanton, Union City, Fremont, Newark, Milpitas and part of San Jose...

 and California State Assemblyman
Bob Wieckowski
Bob Wieckowski is an American attorney and politician in California. He was elected November 2, 2010 to the California State Assembly to represent the 20th District, which includes the cities of Fremont, Newark, Union City, and Milpitas, as well as portions of San Jose, Pleasanton, Hayward, and...

 are within the area as well. Also nearby is the renowned California School for the Deaf
California School for the Deaf, Fremont
The California School for the Deaf, Fremont is a school for deaf children in Fremont, California. The school educates deaf children from all over Northern California...

, which is a block and a half away from the park. Two blocks from the park is the publicly owned Washington Hospital. The privately owned Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California, United States, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield...

 - Fremont Medical Center is also in the park vicinity.

Transportation

The Fremont BART station
Fremont (BART station)
Fremont is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station that serves Fremont, California. The elevated island platform serves as the southernmost terminal station of BART's Fremont line, which is served by trains on the Fremont - Daly City Line, which runs daytimes Monday-Saturday, and the Richmond - Fremont...

 is about a block and a half away from the park. The station is the southernmost terminus for BART (for now) and so is serviced by VTA
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is a special-purpose district responsible for public transit services, congestion management, specific highway improvement projects, and countywide transportation planning for Santa Clara County, California, United States...

 for Santa Clara County residents. The park is serviced by AC Transit
AC Transit
AC Transit is an Oakland-based regional public transit agency serving the western half of Alameda County and parts of western Contra Costa County in the western, Bay-side area of the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area...

. The AMTRAK
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...

 and ACE
Altamont Commuter Express
The Altamont Commuter Express is a regional rail service in California connecting Stockton with San Jose....

 train station in Centerville is over 2 miles (3.2 km) away so AC Transit
AC Transit
AC Transit is an Oakland-based regional public transit agency serving the western half of Alameda County and parts of western Contra Costa County in the western, Bay-side area of the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area...

 is the best way to travel between the station and the park.

Shopping

Since the park is in the Downtown Fremont area, within the vicinity are several shopping plazas and retail centers. Directly down the street from the park is the Gateway Shopping Plaza and the Washington West Plaza, both of which are adjacent to Washington Hospital and the BART station
Fremont (BART station)
Fremont is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station that serves Fremont, California. The elevated island platform serves as the southernmost terminal station of BART's Fremont line, which is served by trains on the Fremont - Daly City Line, which runs daytimes Monday-Saturday, and the Richmond - Fremont...

. Included in these plazas are a Raley's
Raley's
Raley's Supermarkets is a privately held, family-owned supermarket chain that operates 133 stores under the Raley's, Bel Air Markets, Nob Hill Foods, and Food Source banners in northern California and Nevada. Founded in 1935 by Tom Raley in Placerville, Raley's employs around 13,400 workers today...

 grocery store, Pet Food Express
Pet Food Express
Pet Food Express is a Northern California chain of retail stores that offers premium, holistic, and organic pet food, as well as many other pet supplies, as well as self-service dog washes....

, and Peet's Coffee and Tea. A block away from there on Mowry Avenue is the Fremont Plaza which includes a Starbucks
Starbucks
Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,009 stores in 55 countries, including over 11,000 in the United States, over 1,000 in Canada, over 700 in the United Kingdom, and...

, a Petco
PETCO
PETCO is a chain of retail stores that offers pet supplies and services such as grooming and dog training. Founded in 1965 and incorporated in Delaware, it is headquartered in San Diego, California...

 and a Rite Aid
Rite Aid
Rite Aid is a drugstore chain in the United States and a Fortune 500 company headquartered in East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania, near Camp Hill. Rite Aid is the largest drugstore chain on the East Coast and the third largest drugstore chain in the U.S....

 pharmacy. This plaza runs right onto Fremont Boulevard where across the street is the Fremont Hub Shopping Center, the largest of the plazas in the vicinity. Included in the Hub are a Target
Target Corporation
Target Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...

, a Trader Joe's
Trader Joe's
Trader Joe's is a privately held chain of specialty grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California. , Trader Joe's had a total of 365 stores. Approximately half of its stores are in California, with the heaviest concentration in Southern California, but the company also has locations in 30...

, a Bed Bath and Beyond and a Safeway
Safeway Inc.
Safeway Inc. , a Fortune 500 company, is North America's second largest supermarket chain after The Kroger Co., with, as of December 2010, 1,694 stores located throughout the western and central United States and western Canada. It also operates some stores in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern...

grocery store. In all of these plazas are several restaurants and cafes as well. The city of Fremont is in the planning stages to turn Capitol Avenue (the street which connects all these plazas and where City Hall stands) into a pedestrian walkway to make City Hall & all the shopping centers more accessible to workers, visitors and consumers 1pdf.

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