[4] In addition, the park has a jog path that serves as a flat, 2.9-mile (4.7 km) exercise trail and competitive cross country running racecourse.

[14] In 1970, Ferraro acquired 50 acres (20 ha) of U.S. Navy surplus property for $250,000 to build Torrance's Wilson Park.

[14] At about the same time, Ferraro put a plan together to acquire approximately 50 acres (200,000 m2) of land in North Torrance to build 'Columbia Regional Park'.

In 1983 Standard Brands Paint Company in Torrance donated a sculpture by public works artist Roger Berry to the park.

'[19] On Sundays at Columbia Park, Ajax and the other women's teams played as many as 16 games on four fields from September to April.

[20] In 1984 Landscape designer Paul Saito returned, to redesign Columbia Park to include walking paths and running trails, adding exercise challenges and aesthetic enjoyment.

[21] After receiving of San Diego, California, Saito had the park laid out according to his plan,[21] with enjoyable concrete pathways winding around the hilly landscape.

The park has, with sponsorship by Hydro-Scape Products Inc., around 100 distinct automated and water conserving sprinkler stations-zones to irrigate the 52 acres (21 ha).

[24] On April 22, 1995, a tree was planted in Columbia Park by The Friends of Madrona Marsh to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Earth Day.

[27] This donation in particular was part of Sōka Gakkai's campaign to plant trees in cities across the nation as a way to "create a peaceful environment" in society and better the communities they live in.

[30] In the summer of 1985, a sail skater was clocked by a police radar gun doing 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) inside the park.

[31] As a result of the shooting, a neighborhood association's lobbying the city for park improvements,[23] and homeowner complaints about "non-residents" using the basketball court and causing trouble.

[5] The city added decomposed granite as part of fixing the problem, by draining water off the new raised sections.

[5] In 2003, the Firetruck used as play equipment at Columbia Park was determined to not meet the Federal Safety Guidelines for preventing head and hand entrapment, and protecting children from falling off the vehicle.

[33] Three years later in January 2006 both the firetruck and fencing were removed, with plans to replacement with "neat, fun, and attractive play equipment with rubberized matting.