Participate

Help shape the future of the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park! Your insights and feedback are an important part of future improvements including a new visitor center and improved event area. Opportunities to participate will be posted here.

Upcoming Outreach Opportunities

Please check this page for updates on upcoming outreach events.

Past Outreach Opportunities

Virtual Visioning Workshop

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
6:00 to 8:00 pm via Zoom

This workshop provided participants the opportunity to explore, discuss, and inform a vision and concept plan for the future of Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park. Topics covered at the workshop included:

The history of Allensworth and the visitor and event center project.
A discussion about the vision for the park.
A discussion about future improvements to the park, including the day use event area and visitor center.

The intent of this virtual space was to honestly explore how past narratives, present realities, and future aspirations of Allensworth and the broader Black, Indigenous, and Migrant cultures are engaged and expressed at the park.

May 14, 2025 Workshop Presentation

ONLINE ACTIVITIES

Visioning Survey

California State Parks is in the early planning and design phase for a new visitor center and day use event area at Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park (SHP). To guide these improvements, a vision and guiding principles, informed by community input, will be established at the outset of the process. Share your ideas and take the online survey! This survey will be open through June 15, 2025.