City shares video of 10 milestones from 2025

From a City of Piedmont press release on Jan. 2, 2026

As 2025 comes to a close, join City of Piedmont staff in looking back at 10 milestones we’re especially proud of. In a short video, the people behind Piedmont’s everyday services share select highlights from the past year, and what they mean for the community.

Watch the video
The video offers a curated snapshot of work happening across all City departments to improve safety, expand access, care for public spaces, and deliver complex projects. Featured highlights include

Access & community support
• New online services: Community members can now file, search, and monitor Public Records Requests online, and register or renew a business license anytime, day or night, from the convenience of their homes.
• Expanded after-care options: When school returned this fall, PRD launched, “The Hangout,” a new after-school option designed to meet the needs of older elementary students.
• Linda Beach Tot Lot renovation: In November, this popular playground re-opened as Piedmont’s first inclusive-play tot lot, with improved ADA access and new equipment designed for children of all abilities.

Safety & resilience
• New 9-1-1 Dispatch Center: Piedmont’s most significant public safety investment in decades, the new Dispatch Center strengthens emergency response capabilities and positions the City for the next generation of 9-1-1 technology while delivering a major infrastructure upgrade to the Police Department, including secure, independent power with dedicated backup.
• Community wildfire evacuation exercise: Residents in the Blair/Scenic neighborhood practiced evacuation in real time alongside first responders, while dozens of Piedmonters joined in at home, talking through evacuation decision-making with their families using our video guide.

Infrastructure, sustainability & planning for the future
• Moraga Canyon Specific Plan: In October, after more than two years of public discussion, the City Council adopted a vision and implementation plan for a new neighborhood in Moraga Canyon – grounded in what community members value most.

The Specific Plan provides a framework for future development that prioritizes wildfire resilience and improvements to pedestrian, bicycle, and traffic safety – while creating opportunities for more people to call Piedmont home.

• Piedmont’s first green infrastructure: At Grand and Fairview, a new landscaped bioswale now captures and filters stormwater through native plantings, cleaning runoff before it drains to the Bay.
• Greening the City fleet: This year, the City added two e-bikes, a low-speed electric utility vehicle, and a fully electric closed-circuit TV van used for sewer inspections –helping reduce emissions in day-to-day operations

Looking ahead to 2026
Each of these milestones unfolded alongside day-to-day service delivery – keeping neighborhoods safe, maintaining streets and infrastructure, supporting families through recreation programming, and providing exceptional customer service – all while the city advances Piedmont’s most ambitious capital investment agenda in decades.

This momentum will continue in the year ahead. In 2026, we’ll open the new community pool, bring new swings to Piedmont Park, install a memorial to Sidney & Irene Dearing at Triangle Park, and take the next steps to begin implementing the Moraga Canyon Specific Plan – all alongside the ongoing work that keeps essential services running smoothly every day.