The second public meeting for the Old Golf Course property will be held next week with preliminary design concepts to be presented.
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, in Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd.
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.
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.
The survey had 1,361 responses from 1,192 individual contributors.
Participants were asked to choose up to three choices for each question that highlighted recreation priorities, environment and ecology, and amenities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Individuals who took the survey were also asked if there was anything else to take into consideration, which resulted in 693 written responses.
The top three responses included preserving nature/green space/wildlife with 186 responses, adding back golf with 133 responses and trails with 87 responses.
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