Optimist Park Playground Renovation
Last updated Feb. 21, 2018 - 2:27 pm
- Planning
- Design
- Construction
- Completed
- Park
- $175,000
- Midtown
- Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources (Lead)
- Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources
Current Activity
Staff is working through final design and will begin construction during the Spring of 2018.
Summary
Each year funding is earmarked for the renovation of playgrounds throughout the city, and Optimist Park has been identified as the next priority project. A group of six volunteers representing the neighborhood has volunteered to assist in the design of the playground. Stewart Design is the landscape architecture consulting firm for the project.
Schedule
| Date | Description |
| January 2017 | CAC Presentation |
| February 2017 | Playground Design Workshop |
| June 2017 | Final Design |
| July 2017 | Midtown CAC Final Design Presentation |
| Summer 2017 | Construction |
| Spring 2018 | Ribbon Cutting Ceremony |
History
Optimist Park was built in 1973 and much of the existing playground equipment is original.
