Beaumont’s Stewart Park Phase II Keeps $2.5 Million Grant
Stewart Park Phase II in Beaumont has received state approval to move forward, preserving a previously awarded $2.5 million grant for the city project.
The City of Beaumont listed the development among its 2026 news releases. The approved source packet dates the story event to Aug. 6, 2026, although the indexed announcement does not state the specific date on which the approval itself was issued.
The immediate change is approval to proceed while keeping the grant award in place. The announcement describes the money as a previously awarded grant, not as a newly issued award.
What Beaumont has confirmed
Stewart Park Phase II is identified as a Beaumont city development. The city’s official news and media pages are the sources for the announcement and place the project in Beaumont, California.
The state approval gives the city a path to continue advancing the Phase II project. It also protects $2.5 million in state grant funding that had already been awarded for the work.
That distinction is important for understanding the status of the project. The verified development is the state approval and the preservation of the grant. The available record does not say that construction has started, nor does it establish that work is currently underway.
The announcement also does not identify the specific state agency involved in the approval. It refers to state approval but does not provide additional details about the state grant program or the review process.
Why the grant matters locally
For Beaumont, preserving the $2.5 million award protects a significant source of funding for a major parks investment. The approval allows the city to keep moving forward with Phase II rather than treating the grant as lost or unavailable.
The approval does not, by itself, establish the project’s final price or the amount of any additional funding Beaumont may need. The source packet does not provide a total project cost, a breakdown of the grant or information about other sources of money.
It also does not describe the facilities, improvements or other features planned for Stewart Park Phase II. Without a detailed scope in the indexed announcement, the available record cannot establish how the project will change the park or what construction effects residents might eventually see.
What happens next
The confirmed next step is that Beaumont may proceed under the state approval. The city has not provided, in the indexed material reviewed for this report, a construction start date or a timetable for completing the project.
No final completion date is stated. The announcement also does not say whether additional approvals, contracting steps or other administrative actions must occur before construction begins.
Those details will be needed to measure the project’s progress beyond the approval itself. Future city or state updates would need to identify the detailed scope, construction schedule, final cost and any changes to the funding picture.
For now, the verified local development is straightforward: Stewart Park Phase II has received state approval to move forward, and Beaumont’s previously awarded $2.5 million grant has been preserved. The announcement confirms an approved path for the project, but it does not confirm construction, a completion date or the project’s final cost.
Sources
- Press Releases & Updates, City of Beaumont, California
- News & Media, City of Beaumont, California
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