Parks and Recreation

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Carnegie Library Park

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Jon Storm Park

We are pleased to announce that the new Jon Storm Park restroom facility was opened for public use in late March. Although the structure has been complete since early fall, it took longer than expected to get some of the mechanical systems completed, functioning and approved for use. Of interest to note, this is our first restroom to be on an automated locking/unlocking system. The system is controlled by a timer that can be adjusted for different seasons or desired times. Because of this automated system we will be able to keep the restroom open all year since we don’t need to rely on seasonal staff or volunteers to open and close the facility. There are approved safety systems in place to make sure no one becomes accidentally locked in. In spring 2007, we will begin construction on the final phase of Jon Storm Park. This phase will add lawn and landscaped areas, a bus turnaround, a parking lot under the I-205 bridge, a river overlook, benches and other amenities.

Rivercrest Park Improvements and Tennis Court photos -- NEW!
The Rivercrest Park improvements are well on their way to being completed this summer! This exciting project will renovate the tennis/basketball courts and replace the wading pool with a spray park. Both facilities are quite old and in need of rehabilitation. The tennis and basketball courts will be completely resurfaced and will receive new standards and nets. We expect that the courts will be ready for use early in the summer. The existing wading pool will be removed to make room for an interactive spray park. This facility will be open to the public more hours per week than the wading pool currently is and will have a greater user capacity. The spray park will consist of many user-activated features, such as in-ground spray heads, above ground spray features and water cannons. It will be designed for children 2–12 years old. The spray park will hopefully be completed by mid to late summer. In addition, we will add a picnic shelter, benches, a drinking fountain and picnic tables to the site.

Wesley Lynn Park

Located on Frontier Parkway off Leland Road on the southern end of Oregon City, Wesley Lynn is the first new park to be developed since Chapin Park opened in 1983. This area was identified as a high priority for acquisition and development a number of years ago in our parks master plan. The property was purchased in 1998 from the Oregon City School District using parks system development charges (SDC’s) collected from new development within the City.
This first phase of the park’s development covers about 13.5 acres, and includes: 2 baseball/softball fields; 2 soccer/multi-purpose fields; walking paths; picnic areas; large playground structure; parking lot; and lots of open space. This phase of development cost a total of just under $1 million and was funded through a combination of parks SDC’s and a federal Land & Water Conservation Fund grant. Future phases of park development anticipate the addition of a restroom/concession building, covered picnic shelter, lighting for one of the two ball fields, additional walking paths, and other potential features. The City is planning to hold a community grand opening celebration for the new park sometime this summer. The date for this event will be determined soon. If you are interested in attending, you may contact our department or watch the city website for further information.

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