Evansville's master plan for Parks and Recreation is here. Here's what could change
EVANSVILLE — City residents will have one more chance to comment on the new master plan for Evansville's Parks and Recreation Department.
A draft of the plan, released Wednesday, maps out the next five years for the city's parks and facilities. It includes recommendations on parks, pools, buildings suchas the CK Newsome Center, and more. The draft also discusses feedback and public comment from people who attended the thought sessions held last year.
Residents can comment on the plan at evansvilleparksplan.com until April 12.
Here are some of the recommendations officials have for the parks in Evansville.
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Pocket park recommendations
Jacobsville Park
Upgrades to playground surface
Accessible routes to all areas of the park
Picnic tables and trash receptacles
Caldwell Park
Consolidate play equipment
Remove older equipment
Accessible routes to areas of the park
Full court basketball and futsol
Picnic tables and trash cans
Casselberry
Replace pea gravel at playground
Add sidewalk on Ninth Avenue
Add picnic tables
Evaluate if the park is necessary due to its proximity to Eleventh Avenue Park
Haynie's Corner
Work with neighborhood association to care for raised plant beds
Fourth and Main Park
Proceed with construction
Homestead Park
Replace pea gravel at playground
Plant more trees
Ask neighborhood if a shelter or shade structure is wanted
Goosetown Park
Expand safety surface to meet requirements at swings and slide
Work with neighborhood association to maintain raised plant beds
Howell Mini-Park
Remove/restore play equipment
Spray weeds
Reestablish mulch around swings and equipment
Replace sidewalks and curbs around park
Assess whether to keep the park or sell the land
Line Street Park
Remove old playground features
Look at replacing playground structure or downgrading to an age 2-5 structure only
Swings do not have a large enough safety surface
Stevenson Park
Add picnic tables and trash cans
Add accessible route to playground
Add fence around alley at south edge
Olmstead Park
Add trees or shade structure
Remove climbing bars
West Side Nut Club Park
Remove old play equipment
Extend accessible walkways
Resurface basketball courts
Remove old backstop
Sixth Avenue Park
Add more trees
Assess whether to keep park or sell land
Pave access route to shelter house
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Neighborhood park recommendations
Fulton Park
Add accessible route to all areas
Replace shelters
New park signage
Resurface basketball court
Update landscaping at dedication garden
Akin Park
Add perimeter sidewalks and crosswalks
Add trees
Remove excess lights
Add shelter house
Consider adding restrooms
Expand basketball court
Add sculpture or fountain
Anthony Oates Park
Replace shelter house
Consider restrooms
Replace sidewalks
Remove old lights
Eleventh Avenue Park
Remove older equipment
Put swings on empty frame
Add route to playground
Bayard Park
Add walking loop
Add sidewalk to Kentucky Avenue
Remove geodesic dome structure
Consider restrooms
Helfrich Park
Have study done on viability of the pool
Convert pool house to bathrooms/storage
Possible 2-5 age playground
Bellemeade Park
Resurface basketball courts with murals
Lamasco Park
Refurbish ball field buildings
Consider what happens to skate park area when riverfront park is built
Diamond Valley Park
Replace lights and goals on basketball courts
Replace shelter
Lorraine Park
Remove old play structures
Make accessible route to shelter
Sheridan Park
Add trees
Modernize playground
Accessible path to playground
Vann Park
Remove or replace tree tour markers
Paved route to playground
More seating and trash cans
Stockwell Park
Install futsol at old tennis courts
Pave gravel parking lots
Vann Pollack Park
Repair ball field fences, buildings and batting cages
Add lighting for basketball court
Add volleyball courts
Sunset Park
Assess if play equipment is needed
Sidewalk upgrades for Sunset and Shawnee
Westside Library Park
Add trees
Install ADA curb ramps around property
Possibly remove some concrete
Tepe Park
Consider restrooms
Add seating and lighting at basketball courts
Willard Library Park
Plant trees
Better parking
Community Park recommendations
Igleheart Park
Add spray park
Restrooms
Shelter houses
Resurface sports courts
Kleymeyer Park
Add new park signage
Separate golf course parking lot
Repair existing fields
Replace shelters
Add restrooms and concession facilities at baseball fields
Install pedestrian bridge to Garvin Park
Garvin Park
Create its own masterplan
Add dog waste stations
Add drinking fountains
Lake restoration
Mesker Park
Remove stone mulch at playground
Add public restrooms
Work with zoo leadership to determine future of Mesker Amphitheatre
Golfmoor Park
Remove some or all sport courts and restore to natural condition
Moutoux Park
Add fall protection railings to both sides of the pedestrian bridge
Infill concrete pavement at shelter
Price Park
Remove fencing
Playground is past life span
Repair restrooms
Roberts Park
Re-brand as "Roberts Festival Grounds at Wesselman Park"
Phase in master plan recommendations
Riverfront Park
Add more restrooms
Dog waste stations
Trash cans
Remove or replace red stone spheres
State Hospital Grounds
Re-brand as "Woodmere Park"
Upgrade walking loop around property to 10' wide asphalt path
Pave gravel parking lots
Regional parks recommendations
Wesselman Park
Recommends folding Roberts Park into Wesselman Park and treating as one facility
Expand recreation facilities
New parking
Restrooms
Shelter houses
Howell Park and Howell Wetlands
Remove old, outdated play equipment
Update restrooms
Accessible paths to shelters
Ideal dog park location
Add a nature center like Wesselman Woods
This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: Here are all the changes the city wants to make to Evansville parks
