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— Photographer David Carlos shared photos, taken Nov. 13, of Civic Park construction in downtown Edmonds. The park is scheduled to open in spring 2023.
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I don’t like the look of the park
Doesn’t look like fun and it looks dangerous
I personally miss the stadium, the track. I agree it could have used some refurbishing, however, not sure what this design is and how it contributes to the community. Maybe that will come to light down the road.
Wow
The park was made in honor of a disabled boy. All of the playground is approved for handicapped children.
I think it’s looking terrific. I go by every day and see the progress but seeing some overhead views really makes a difference. I am glad that this park was given an update to make it more community friendly for a variety of uses.
Great overview showing positive progress. Green and clean design. Looking forward to seeing trees planted and the new Pétanque Grove at the SW corner completed. Nice photos David.
I am very impressed with Civic Park at this point! Congratulations to both the EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL and Mayor Mike Nelson for their vision and following thru with this project! What a fine future resource for the citizens of Edmonds.
Richard,
Civic Park was not the “vision” of Mayor Nelson and Council. I was on Council, as was Mike Nelson, when we voted in November 2015 to purchase Civic Park from the school district. What followed was an extensive public input “visioning” process, coordinated by then Parks Director, Carrie Hite. https://myedmondsnews.com/2017/06/edmonds-parks-director-creating-legacy-civic-park-vision-reality/
Subsequent Councils were involved in approval of the final plan, of contracts and of cost overruns, but no Council or Mayor was responsible for the vision. Credit for the vision would go to everyone who actively participated in the process, and to the staff who led the process to seek resident and stakeholders’ input.
Credit where credit is due. Enormous projects such as these take a significant amount of public input to reach fruition.
Very good point Ms. Bloom.
Thank you, Mr. Murdock.
Joan you are so true
Credit goes to citizens who paid…with property taxes…and workers who built it with their calloused hands.
Dangerous? I’m not sure how dangerous it is, unless you’re referring to walking across the grass with the ever present geese doing their thing.
Aren’t those coyote silhouette’s designed to scare the geese? If so,
somebody better let the geese know.
I drove by yesterday morning and at least 50 geese were grazing around
one of the silhouette’s, as if they were mocking the coyotes.
Apparently our geese are of the intelligent variety. I think we have a better chance to keep the park clean if we just ask them not to mess it up.
Mark, Perhaps a couple of goose herding dogs are in order. 🙂
https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/humanely-scare-away-canada-geese
I really feel the name of this park should be changed to Civic Field at the very least. People from out of the area will be confused about Civic Park and City Park.
Thanks for these photos. It’s an exciting project that will solve the persistently soggy track problem by replacing that old oval with a 1/3 mile jaunt around the perimeter. The pétanque courts are going to be fabulous, and I can’t wait to see the trees and other landscaping go in. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Edmonds.
The new field doesn’t have much of an inviting look to it, but then I remember it from way back and how much it meant to the neighborhood during a completely different time. I am glad to see that the old fieldhouse is still there.
I really like it and can’t wait to Petanque!!
I think the new park is beautiful, but what I truly appreciate is that the Edmonds Boys and Girls Club is still there, with all of its architectural charm, and squeals of delight from children playing.
That looks like way too much grass. I thought the garden sections on the north side of the park were suppose to take up more space? As well as having more trees. This park looks like it will just be either soggy lawns strewn with geese crap or in the summer it will be dry dormant lawn. Then there will be the weekly hours long drone of lawn mowers having to cut this all the grass.