A $7-million park in the Lang Ranch area of the city is ready to break ground.

The Conejo Recreation and Park District board of directors voted 5-0 at its Sept. 14 meeting to award the contract for building Sapwi Trails Community Park to the Pasadena-based construction firm Access Pacific.

The Conejo Recreation and Park District’s final Summer Concert in the Park of the season will feature Melvin Seals and JGB (Jerry Garcia Band) at 5 p.m. Mon., Sept. 4 at the Conejo Community Park amphitheater, 1175 Hendrix Ave., Thousand Oaks.

The free Labor Day show is sponsored by the Thousand Oaks Acorn.

The Conejo Recreation and Park District has pledged $11.4 million toward improving local parks in the next year.

Approved in June, CRPD’s capital improvement budget for fiscal year 2017-18 includes funds for several different projects, most notably, Sapwi Trails, the final community park remaining in the district’s master plan. A separate $21.6-million operating budget was also approved in June.

T.O.’s Chumash museum makes dramatic turnaround.

The Chumash Indian Museum is thriving again after a brief closure late last year to save the failing operation, according to members of the museum’s board.