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Park Hill Golf Course Visioning Process
March 2022
Park Hill Golf Club
Don't forget! Join your neighbors at a virtual community workshop Wednesday, March 23
Community members have another opportunity to get involved in the Park Hill Golf Course coordinated park framework and area planning process coming up later this month.

6-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 23
Virtual meeting via Zoom

At the workshop, attendees will have the chance to share their thoughts on how to refine the prevailing vision into a coordinated park framework and area plan detailing park size, location, and considerations for future parks and open spaces along with more detailed land use recommendations.

Register now for the virtual event and keep an eye out for additional opportunities to get involved and offer your input later this spring.
Planning process: Where we are, what's next and how the community will participate
As we build on the prevailing vision for the Park Hill Golf Course site, the process to create a coordinated park framework and area plan will align with the steps in our model for neighborhood planning:

  • Understand the area
  • Define the Issues and Develop Initial Recommendations
  • Refine Recommendations - Where we are currently
  • Community Review of Draft Plan
  • Legislative Review and Public Hearings
  • Citywide Vote on Partial or Full Release of Conservation Easement - Specific to Park Hill Golf Course
The process will continue to be focused on the needs and opportunities for those who will be most directly affected by decisions on the Park Hill Golf Course. Members of the public will be able to continue to share their thoughts in multiple ways, and their input will inform every step of the process. Specifically, community engagement will involve work by the community steering committee and community navigators throughout the process, at least three events for the whole community and a survey to be conducted in early summer.
2021 Recap: How we got here
Throughout 2021, area residents weighed in through surveys, at public workshops and events, in small groups and conversations with Community Navigators, on comment forms, and through a Community Steering Committee that met monthly.

Of the approximately 1,300 residents who completed a survey and live within one-mile of the property, 70 percent favored some development of the site; 22 percent preferred for the site to be green space only; 8 percent favored development-oriented uses only, without green space; and only 7 percent of respondents wanted to see the entire property remain a golf course. Results were similar across all forms of public input from area residents, as detailed in the Prevailing Vision.
Residents expressed the most support for these priorities:

1) Create a new, large park and community gathering places 
2) Stand up an oversight committee to guide future planning and development 
3) Preserve and expand the tree canopy to combat urban heat island effects in this area 
4) Add youth and recreational sports opportunities 
5) Include a variety of affordable (income-restricted) housing options, including for-sale units 
6) Address food insecurity by including space for grocery and fresh food choices 
7) Create space for local businesses and businesses owned by people of color 
8) Employ strategies to mitigate involuntary displacement 
The priorities outlined come from these forms of public input:

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Let's connect: Arrange a meeting or workshop for your community group
If you have a community group and would like city staff to attend a meeting, please let us know! We are meeting with residents virtually on Zoom and are happy to set up presentations, Q&A sessions, or just listening sessions where we can hear from your members directly.