North Richmond marked the completion of a nearly $12 million overhaul of Shields-Reid Park on Saturday, drawing city and county officials and the family of Charles Reid, the longtime park director for whom the site is named.
The event combined a celebratory ribbon-cutting with the neighborhood’s annual music festival — the first performances on the park’s new stage.
The finished park includes a new children’s play area, a bike pump track, a performance stage, a fitness zone, a habitat garden, a zip line, a new restroom, and an artificial-turf multi-use sports field with new lighting and a scoreboard. The adjacent community center also received exterior repairs and upgraded furnishings…