From our February issue

Super Bowl at the Redwood Estates Pavilion
Jeff Bates

Come join your neighbors on Sunday, February 7, at the Pavilion in Redwood Estates for the first annual Super Bowl party. The fun starts at 1 p.m. Enjoy the game on our state-of-the-art, 110-inch HD media system. Bring your favorite tailgating goodies. Hot dogs and beverages will be available for sale, with all proceeds to benefit the Redwood Estates pool project. For more information, call RESA at 408-353-1866.

Redwood Estates Community Club
Our New Climbing Rock
Barbara Lougée

We are proud to announce that a beautiful climbing rock has recently been added to Friendship Park in Redwood Estates.

We welcome children and adults to stretch, climb, and challenge themselves. As part of the original park design, and one of the elements anxiously anticipated by the community, the Redwood Estates Community Club designated a portion of the fundraising from our many events to purchase and install the rock. Thanks to Redwood Estates Services Association for their partnership and support, and to all of you for your generous participation at our events and donations made towards park equipment. This rock is for you. Enjoy! 

We also invite you to make your “Mark on the Park” by creating a personal hand tile for the tile wall in the park. Call RESA at 408-353-1866 to reserve a tile for the next tile-making opportunity. 

Redwood Estates Pavilion
Jeff Bates, General Manager

Great news. The Redwood Estates Pavilion is now available for use by mountain residents, not just Redwood Estates residents.

This beautiful reception facility is located at 21450 Madrone Drive in Redwood Estates. The Pavilion is a 3,500-square-foot cedar building with open-beam, knotty-pine ceilings above a 1,800-square-foot maple dance floor. With picture windows and a caterers’ prep room, this is a perfect building for your events.
Outside, the large lawn, redwood groves, and gardens, combined with a redwood deck and an outdoor barbecue, make it the perfect place for indoor or outdoor weddings, receptions, birthday parties, bar mitzvahs, dances, corporate functions, or community meetings. The side lawn is a great location for a children’s bounce house, or a friendly game of volleyball, badminton, or croquet.

The Pavilion is located only ten minutes south of Los Gatos with easy access from Highway 17, and has ample parking for up to 125 guests. It is available Mondays through Fridays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., for corporate events and meetings, and on Saturdays and Sundays, from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., for weddings, receptions, birthday parties, and dances.

Visit our website at www.redwoodestates.net to view the Pavilion’s photo gallery.
Call Redwood Estates Services Association at 408-353-1866, or email us at resaservice@comcast.net for booking information. DJ, catering, and live-music information is available upon request.

KPIX’s Eye on the Bay honored Redwood Estates on a recent TV program that was taped at Nonno’s Italian. Owners Ralph and Liz Ditullio invited local mountain people to tell their stories of Redwood Estates while enjoying a delicious buffet.

Redwood Estates deserves some honors. After all, it has two new playgrounds, swimming pool, great restaurant, grocery store, post office, fire station, the beautiful Pavilion community center, several newly improved roads, and many great people.

Date and time of broadcasts were not available by MNN’s publication date, but Redwood Estates will be on the air several times. Will YouTube be next?

Redwood Estates Park Project
Terry Clark

The last of a multi-phased project to renovate two outdated play areas in the Redwood Estates community was celebrated by the Redwood Estates Services Board this month with the addition of a sod-and-turf playing field. The field was an unexpected bonus to Redwood Estates and joins the upper and lower playground parks to give local families a safe and attractive play area for children.

On June 6, the RESB, joined by FIRST 5 of Santa Clara County, held a ceremony on the new playing field to celebrate the completion of the two parks and playing field, and to publicly thank RESB member and park program manager Don Peters for his dedication and leadership through the long planning and building process.

Attending the event on behalf of FIRST 5 was Charlene DellaMaggiore, southwest Santa Clara County region representative, who thanked Don for his partnership and professionalism over the nearly six-year construction period.

FIRST 5 exists in counties throughout the state, supported by voter-approved funding from Proposition 10, the Children-and-Families First Act. The act is funded by the increased sales tax on tobacco products with a charter to fund early childhood (prenatal through age five) development, community-awareness programs, education, social services, nurturing, and health care. The design of effective delivery systems for these goals is also an important part of the FIRST 5 charter.

In 2003, a grant of $153,000 was awarded to Redwood Estates to rebuild and renovate the existing playgrounds. Community donations and volunteer hours from many involved residents also contributed to the project’s success. Redwood Estates outstanding work-and-delivery-system processes led to more FIRST 5 funding. The funds were directly applied to the playfield project.

RESB member-at-large and former president Don Peters was recognized and thanked by RESB members, current president Dave Davis, vice president Rick Swayne (represented by spouse Jan Swayne), treasurer Nolan Cordle, secretary Chuck Weber, general manager Jeff Bates, and office manager Mona Raby. Presenting Don with an etched crystal rock symbolizing his strength and tenacity during the project, Dave Davis spoke on behalf of RESB, thanking Don for his “six years of perseverance, getting through the hurdles, the county processes and always following through with FIRST 5 on behalf of our grants.”

“It was a thrill working with FIRST 5, replied Don, who was toasted with glasses of champagne and then given a “first football” to throw on the playfield.

“I am a proud parent and community member today,” stated Mona Raby, acknowledging the community effort of all who donated time, money, and energy.

The new playfield is located behind the community pool and Friendship Park area on Madrone Drive across from the Redwood Estates Pavilion. It was opened for use on June 27. The community pool opened on the first Saturday, June 14, after school let out for the summer.

The upper Redwood Estates Good Neighbor Park is located at the corner of Summit Road and Bayview Drive. All play areas include parking and emergency-access ramps and walkways. Park equipment complies with federal disability-act standards. The parks are open to the greater mountain community.