Amundson Park
SIZE	8.5 Acres
LOCATION	8730 Heritage Hill Drive (EASTERN ELK GROVE)
DESCRIPTION	This park will include a soccer field, softball field, half-court basketball, picnic area, play area, shad structure, parking lot and restrooms.
PROGRESS	The park is open for public use.
BIOGRAPHY	Carl & Joyce Amundson owned the "Cow Palace" theater where cattle auctions were held during the weekdays and movies were held in the evenings and weekends. They left the palace in 1955 and joined the Elk Grove Businessmen’s Association. Both were charter members of the Elk Grove Historical Society and helped with the reconstruction project to rebuild the historic Elk Grove Hotel as a museum. Carl was the first Historical Society president and Joyce has had the role of recording secretary. Carl is a past president and lifetime member of the EG Rotary Club. Joyce is a past president and on-going secretary of the EG Rotary Interwheel. Both have received the Rotary "Paul Harris Fellowship Award." Carol Amundson was Elk Grove Citizen of the Year in 1979.
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