The second public meeting for the Old Golf Course property will be held next week with preliminary design concepts to be presented.<\/p>\n
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, in Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd.<\/p>\n
The hands-on session will introduce two preliminary park concepts, an opportunity to learn how community input helped in shaping the designs and review of each concept in an open-house style.<\/p>\n
Feedback was collected from the community online from Nov. 13 through Dec. 7, 2025, via a brief four-question survey, as well as the collection of comments from a community forum.<\/p>\n
The survey had 1,361 responses from 1,192 individual contributors.<\/p>\n
Participants were asked to choose up to three choices for each question that highlighted recreation priorities, environment and ecology, and amenities.<\/p>\n
The top five recreation priorities included biking with 42%, or 567 votes; walking with 41%, or 559 votes; hiking with 36%, or 486 votes; attending events with 30%, or 412 votes and dog walking with 25%, or 349 votes.<\/p>\n
The top five environment and ecology priorities included wildlife habitat with 53%, or 727 votes; native plants\/ecosystems with 50%, or 685 votes; native botanic garden with 34%, or 467 votes; opportunities to view nature with 29%, or 388 votes and wetland boardwalks with 24%, or 329 votes.<\/p>\n
The top five amenities included comfort station with 44%, or 602 votes; picnic\/shade structures with 37%, or 499 votes; 9-hole golf course with 28%, or 383 votes; amphitheater with 26% or 355 votes and community gardens with 24%, or 322 votes.<\/p>\n
Other amenity options on the survey included playground, dog park, splash pad, outdoor aquatic facility, indoor aquatic facility, indoor fitness center, indoor walking\/jogging track, and an indoor gymnasium.<\/p>\n
Individuals who took the survey were also asked if there was anything else to take into consideration, which resulted in 693 written responses.<\/p>\n
The top three responses included preserving nature\/green space\/wildlife with 186 responses, adding back golf with 133 responses and trails with 87 responses.<\/p>\n