Park Updates

City Plaza: Skate Park

Downtown

Idlewild Park: Playground Southwest

NEW, RENOVATED OR EXPANDED PARKS

Dick Taylor Park: Installation of a new playground structure is expected to be completed by June of 2023. Reconstruction of the tennis courts is expected to start in the fall of 2022 and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2023.One of the two tennis courts will be converted to four pickleball courts.

Paradise Park: Playground upgrades are currently being designed and will include new play structures and an innovative “ninja style” fitness course. A new restroom building is also planned in the upgrades.

Robinhood Park: Many park amenities will be replaced and upgraded, including the basketball courts, playground, and picnic area.This project is currently in the design phase, and construction is expected to start in the fall of 2022, with completion expected by May of 2023.

Mayor’s Park and Dorothy McAlinden Park:

Construction is anticipated to start Spring of 2023, and is currently in the design phase as well. Planned upgrades to these parks include a new playground, grass flat fields, and irrigation system upgrades.

Downtown City Plaza and West Street Plaza:

Both experienced renovations during the spring of 2022. Staff removed old, overgrown vegetation, installed new irrigation, and planted over 1300 native, pollinator friendly shrubs, flowers, and grasses.