West Hollywood residents have until February 20 to weigh in on the future of Plummer Park redesign through an interactive online platform the city launched last week. You have 10 days left to have a say in how the future of the historic park looks and what services are provided.
The park serves as one of the city’s busiest community spaces in West Hollywood. It hosts everything from the LGBTQ business summit in January to the recent coyote safety meeting for eastside residents. The facilities include recreational spaces, historic buildings, and gathering areas used by different groups.
The StoryMap website walks you through improvement concepts for the park, ranging from keeping things as they are, to simple upgrades to major long-term changes. If you missed last year’s in-person workshops you can explore the materials at home and submit your feedback.
The platform shows what the city has heard so far from residents about the park’s open spaces, historic buildings, community amenities, and possible improvements. Each section lets people comment before moving to the next one.
West Hollywood held two community workshops in 2025 called “Discovery” and “Possibilities.” The StoryMap mirrors what was presented at those meetings, giving people who couldn’t attend a chance to catch up and participate.
What residents can weigh in on
The planning process is asking for your input on several areas. Safety improvements including better lighting and visibility. Green space and tree canopy coverage. Spaces for different uses—quiet areas for reading and reflection versus designated spaces for children and teens.
Climate resilience and sustainability are part of the conversation. So is accessibility. The city wants feedback on how to create a unified park layout with clear sight lines while preserving what makes Plummer Park work today.
Previous master plans called for demolishing Great Hall and Long Hall to create a large central lawn and underground parking garage. Those plans were formally revoked by City Council in February 2025. The new process starts fresh, though it builds on ideas the community has already shared.
Park’s complicated history
Plummer Park has a complicated history with improvement plans. The park dates back to 1937 when Los Angeles County bought the land from Eugenio “Captain” Plummer to avoid foreclosure. Works Progress Administration funds built the original Community Clubhouse that year—Great Hall and Long Hall, which sparked intense preservation battles when the city later proposed demolishing them.
The historic buildings, designed in Spanish Colonial Revival style, landed on the National Register of Historic Places after advocates like Stephanie Harker and Cathy Blavis fought to save them from demolition. Fiesta Hall, also in the park, was built in 1949 and served as the location for West Hollywood’s first City Council meeting after the city incorporated in 1984. The buildings have hosted West Hollywood groups for decades, from the Los Angeles Audubon Society to ACT-UP/LA, which held weekly meetings in Great Hall for nine years.
More recent history hasn’t been simpler. Residents like Harker raised concerns about deteriorating restroom facilities here and maintenance issues, while competing visions for the park’s future stalled various improvement plans over the years.
Recent successes
The park has seen some successes. Construction on the new dog park here began in September 2025 and is expected to wrap up in early 2026. The off-leash facility will include separate areas for large and small dogs, artificial turf, shade sails, and dual-use water fountains.
The Plummer Park Comprehensive Improvement Plan is the city’s latest effort to evaluate and upgrade the park’s infrastructure, programming, and amenities. The planning process asks residents to think about what works now, what needs fixing, and what they’d like to see in the future.
If you’re interested in having a say in the future of the park, you can access the interactive StoryMap here. Additional information about the improvement plan is also available here.
The February 20 deadline gives you about 10 more days to look over the ideas and submit your thoughts and comments before the city analyzes the feedback for the next planning phase.
