Current Neighborhood Projects

The Park CommUNITY Fund advances park equity in Seattle through a community-led funding process. The fund invests in large and small capital projects using participatory budgeting and equitable grant-making practices. Seattle Park District has allocated $14.8 million to the Park CommUNITY Fund for investment in Seattle communities between 2023 and 2028.

SPR will be working to construct and open a portion of the site by Fall 2025. This will allow the public to access the gardens and enjoy the expansive lawn for picnics and other family-friendly activities. The home will remain closed to the public while SPR continues with the full design and planning of the entire property, to be completed in the next MPD cycle. 

This project will develop this space acquired by Seattle Parks and Recreation in 2014. The design will incorporate accessibility in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as well as the intent to develop green space in identified gaps throughout the city. Use is restricted to low impact, passive recreation and impervious surfacing shall be limited to 15% or less.

This Seattle Park District project was funded to provide the community access to open space within high density urban areas across the city.

Seattle Parks and Recreation is renovating Ballard Playfield to add new synthetic turf baseball infields, replant outfield athletic field turf, retrofit, repair, and renovate existing field facilities including under-drainage, irrigation, and asphalt paving and more.

Create a schematic design for improvements at Be'er Sheva Park. Possible improvements to the park's lakeside end of the S. Henderson Street corridor include greater shoreline access, walkways, and art installations. The Rainier Beach Link2Lake Open Space Steering Committee has hired a landscape architect to facilitate the community engagement process, develop the schematic design and investigate feasibility and permitting requirements.

This play area project will replace the play equipment and provide seating. This includes replacing the drinking fountain and accessibility improvements in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Bicycle Sundays/Bicycle Weekends is a program that has taken place on Lake Washington Boulevard for over fifty years!

This project will replace the play area equipment and renovate the existing public restroom with the goal of bringing these amenities up to current safety and accessibility standards. Accessibility for all is a value of Seattle Parks and Recreation. In addition, the project will make other site accessibility improvements that meet the standards from the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

This is a One Seattle effort to provide northwest Seattle with open space with public art and a new reservoir. Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is building a new drinking water reservoir.

This project will replace the existing play area and make accessibility improvements. All improvements will meet accessibility requirements.

Repair trail at prioritized sites as determined by 2015 condition assessment currently under way in collaboration with Seattle Department of Transportation.

This project will replace the Carkeek Park Railroad Overpass Pedestrian Bridge, which was originally built in 1955. This bridge creates a connection between the rest of Carkeek Park and the beach on the western side of the railroad tracks.

This project will replace the existing play area and make accessibility improvements to the pathway from the parking lot to the play area.

The current development project will add much needed public green space to the busy Madison corridor, link the Central District and Capitol Hill, represent the community through design and the namesake history and beautify what is currently an empty lot.

The Cheasty Mountain Bike and Pedestrian Trail Pilot is a community-driven project that is years in the making. The project provides recreational opportunities for families and neighbors to access nature through our urban park greenspaces.

The City Hall Park area is a collection of public spaces in Pioneer Square, including City Hall Park (downtown Seattle’s second largest green space), Prefontaine Place (a key entrance to the Sound Transit Pioneer Square light rail station), and portion of 3rd Avenue.

In alignment with Seattle’s climate change goals, Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) is advancing a major sustainability initiative under its 6-Year Metropolitan Park District Cycle 2 (2023–2028). The Decarbonization Package One is a bundled project that targets the electrification and energy efficiency transformation of five SPR facilities, four community centers and one maintenance crew headquarters.

This project will renovate the restrooms at Dahl Playfield. Originally identified for renovation in 2023, a fire has caused additional scope to the project.

The project proposal is to conduct a comprehensive study and implement improvements at Denny Blaine Park.

This project focuses on implementing the community’s vision for the trail including improving trail safety and accessibility, addressing staircases that are in poor conditions due to erosion, and rerouting portions of the trail to less steep terrain and to create new viewpoints.

The goal of this project is to design park improvements through grassroots community engagement efforts with careful consideration for contextual and cultural factors.

This project renovates two existing, failing boat ramps. Work includes demolition of existing concrete abutment, pile driving and installation of steel piles, installation of new concrete abutment, procuring and installation of concrete floating docks and hardware.

Recent public planning through the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition's Healthy Communities program (2013) and Seattle Parks Foundation's South Park Green Spaces Vision Plan (2014) have identified Duwamish Waterway Park as a key open space in the community in need of improvement. There is a strong interest from the community to create more amenities to draw people to the park.

This expansion is an opportunity to improve Duwamish Waterway Park, increase access to the waterfront and create a River Walk of connected open spaces along the Duwamish River, and to build community-supportive spaces currently lacking in the neighborhood.

This project will replace the existing play equipment and review and replace the trees and other assets as necessary inside the play area enclosure. The surrounding paving and walks connecting to the play area will be renovated to meet current accessibility standards.

The Washington State Convention Center Expansion Project is providing $10 million in funding to repair, restore and enhance Freeway Park. This funding is part of the public benefit package associated with the Convention Center expansion. These improvements at Freeway Park will be based on the Finding Freeway Park concept plan which identifies areas of focus, and on community input.

This community-led full renovation project will address the unfinished portion of the 2005 Garfield Super Block Master Plan: grounds improvements within the park to strengthen site use and activity, and a "Legacy and Promise Promenade" which integrates arts and amenities to reflect the cultural diversity and rich history of Seattle's Central District.

The scope of this project brings the play area into compliance with current play area safety standards and guideline efforts of the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) as well as meets the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

This project will renovate the play area equipment and replace the existing public restroom structure to meet current safety and accessibility standards.

This project will replace the aging synthetic turf at Genesee Playfields 1 & 2. The project will include the removal of the old ‘worn out’ synthetic turf and address any structural repairs to curbing, sub-subsurface, and drainage.

Seattle Parks and Recreation is working with other City departments to build a new off-leash area at the Georgetown Flume site.

These repairs include a crucial roof repair and replacement of the pool pump which will lengthen the life of this facility. SPR is still aware that a longer-term plan for the recreation needs of Green Lake and surrounding neighborhoods will need to be addressed as this facility continues to age.

Join SPR staff for a discussion on use guidelines for the Green Lake Park Inner Loop. During the pandemic, SPR prohibited the use of most wheels on this shared path, and we are now preparing to update guidelines for the future.

The purpose of this project is to create an Integrated Aquatic Vegetation Management Plan and dedefine aquatic plant management goals and strategies for Green Lake.

In 2017, with funding from the Major Projects Challenge Fund and in partnership with the Rowing Advisory Council, Seattle Parks and Recreation hired Schact Aslani Architects to undertake a pre-design feasibility study to look at options for improving the Small Craft Center. The study is complete and the project is currently funded through the first phase of design.

Juvenile salmonids access the shallow saltwater marsh at Herring’s House Park on the Lower Duwamish, but it may not be accessible at all tidal elevations and/or the access point to the marsh may be too narrow to attract significant use by large numbers of juveniles as they out-migrate. The consultant will prepare a feasibility study outlining the issues and opportunities at the site and prepare up to three alternative design concepts to provide better access for juvenile salmonids to the marsh. A preferred concept will be selected.

The 2016 Community Center Strategic plan named eight community centers for major maintenance projects focused on extending the life of these facilities and increasing programming potential.

This project relocates the play area from the north end of the park to the grass area just south of the wading pool closer to the community center. This includes providing new play equipment and improved visibility and access at the new play area and restoring the site of the old play area.

Renovation of existing park and development of park on land acquired with 2000 Pro Parks Levy.

This project will develop a play area within the existing Hubbard Homestead Park. The goal is to provide playground equipment which will include play elements and access for children of all ages and abilities. Improvements will include fall surfacing, seating, storm water mitigation and limited landscape improvements.

Hutchinson Playground will undergo a complete park renovation. This project includes a new playground, resurfaced sport courts, basketball court resurfacing, ballfield repair, and access improvements to meet accessibility standards and improve safety.

The I-5 Colonnade Pump Track project is community-driven and led by the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance to modernize the Tqalu Skills Zone section of the existing mountain bike park.

This project will replace the existing boat ramp, which has reached the end of its useful life, with concrete.

Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Arboretum Foundation are working on the replacement of the walls and connecting stairs with hand-crafted granite masonry.

Seattle Parks and Recreation is installing new netting on holes 11 and 12 at the newly named Bill Wright Golf Complex at Jefferson Park to reduce golf balls traveling out of the park.

This project will renovate both restrooms at Judkins Park, improve accessibility and circulation of the Central Park Trail pathway, and renovate the Judkins Playground and Spray Park.

The 2012 Kubota Garden Strategic Plan Update, approved by Seattle Parks and Recreation, identifies the need to complete the enclosure of the garden. This would better secure and protect the garden and help to accommodate the over 65,000 visitors annually to the garden.

Lake City Community Center closed after being significantly damaged by a fire. Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) understands the importance of programming and services that this center provides the community. SPR is working to relocate services in tandem with planning for a new Lake City Community Center facility.

Seattle Parks and Recreation is partnering with Seattle Public Utilities and the non-profit Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group to develop a floodplain reconnection project benefiting water quality, in-stream, and riparian habitat, managing on-site stormwater, and creating an accessible natural area for the Lake City community, a heavily urbanized and underserved area.

In partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation and the community, Seattle Parks and Recreation is leading and managing the implementation of improvements to Lake Washington Boulevard to help promote pedestrian and bicycle uses and increase safety for everyone that visits and travels along Lake Washington Boulevard.

The Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center Restoration project seeks to improve and extend the life of a critical cultural center and historic building.

This project will remove the existing timber fixed pier and adjacent floating dock, as well as the existing pipe pile breakwater. Once these facilities are removed, the project will install a large floating breakwater with a boat sewage pump out facility, that will provide transient boat moorage and public access.

This improvement project is funded by the Seattle Park District. The play area renovation will update play equipment with play structures accessible to children of all ages and abilities. Additionally, accessibility improvements that meet the standards from the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be made throughout the play area.

This project will complete the redevelopment of Little Brook Park including an updated play area, picnic tables and seating, covered gathering area, creek boardwalk, community garden, and restroom.

This project's scope is to replace the old wooden bridge that failed in the Fall of 2020 with a new steel truss bridge that will last much longer and be easier to maintain.

The project will include the removal of the old ‘worn out’ synthetic turf that was installed in to the Lower Woodland Playfield in 2013 and address any structural repairs to curbing and sub-subsurface.

The 2016 Community Center Strategic plan named eight community centers for major maintenance projects focused on extending the life of these facilities and increasing programming potential.

This project will renovate and enhance the beach play area to engage children in natural play with sand, water, driftwood, rocks and vegetation. Additionally, the project will enhance safety and improve play area accessibility in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

This project will replace the play equipment and redesign or repurpose the sand box area to allow more space for play equipment. Pathway paving will be selectively replaced to ensure an accessible route to and through the play area.

The 2016 Community Center Strategic plan named eight community centers for major maintenance projects focused on extending the life of these facilities and increasing programming potential.

This project is part of an ongoing effort to update old playfield lighting systems throughout our park system. The new lighting systems will reduce light spills into surrounding homes and night skies.

This project will heltp to establish a skate park conceptual design showing potential configurations and locations within Magnolia Playfield for a new skate park.

This improvement project consists of four elements. The play area improvements, restroom construction, and demolition of a damaged restroom are fully funded. A conceptual design for a new splashpad is also part of the project.

This renovation project includes improvements to the athletic playfields, play area, and improves accessible routes of travel to the restroom, field dugouts, play area, and parking lot in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards. The project details include new equipment for the play area; new drainage, irrigation, grass playing surface, and backstops for the playfields; ADA access to parking, comfort station, and play area.

This project will develop the park, which includes the Marra Farm, Seattle's largest site for urban gardening, in accordance with the Long Range Development Plan.

The project will replace the existing timber retaining walls, wood stairs and wooden light poles/standards that have all reached the end of their usefulness.

This play area project will replace the play equipment, making accessibility improvements for the route from the main parking area and in the restroom in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

This project will replace the aging synthetic turf at the infield, approximately 25,600 square feet, which is approaching the end of its useful life.

This project will replace the existing play equipment, install play area grass surfacing and make accessibility improvements to the pathways

Seattle Parks and Recreation in partnership with Clean Greens Farm & Market, Solace, the Black Agriculture Leadership Council, and the NAACP is collaborating with the community to envision healing gardens and an enhanced park space in Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park that promotes solidarity, strengthens community resilience, and support healthy and sustainable living.

In 2014, Seattle Parks and Recreation purchased the .47-acre property at 6311 California Ave SW, north of Morgan Junction Park, to expand the park and provide additional open space for this high-density neighborhood. The design will incorporate accessibility in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and additional park elements will be incorporated after gathering public input.

A number of projects will be completed throughout Mount Baker Park.

This project bring the bathroom to meet accessibility requirements as part of Seattle Parks and Recreation's major maintenance and asset management program.

This Seattle Park District project will create a new neighborhood park. It was funded to provide the community access to open space within this high density urban neighborhood.

The Carving House will provide insight into distinctive varieties of Native American culture and be a place where Native carvers are safe and the public is welcome. The Shed will include a living roof and the beach will have a carved Welcome Figure.

Seattle Parks and Recreation's Olmsted Parks and Boulevards Restoration project will provide restoration projects in 10 different Olmsted parks or boulevards around the city. A study conducted in 2018 looked at 10 different sites to assess existing conditions, research historical design intent and determine restoration feasibility. The restoration projects begin in 2020 and are prioritized based upon community feedback and funding availability.

The new Off Leash Area development at Othello Playground will build an OLA in the current lawn space in the southwest corner of the park featuring fenced area for unleashed dogs, seating, and a planted stormwater bioretention area.

The purpose of this study is to build upon the recommendations of the 2019 Pickleball Pilot Study and guide the development, selection and operation of outdoor pickleball and dual-striped tennis-pickleball courts in Seattle parks.

The 2016 Community Center Strategic Plan named eight community centers for major maintenance projects focused on extending the life of these facilities and increasing programming potential.

This project is a Neighborhood Matching Fund Community Project including a feasibility study, conceptual design, and cost estimate for a new skateboard park at Rainier Beach Playfield. The design will naturally integrate skateboarding into the surrounding landscape and feature a mix of street and transition-style terrain, with elements for all age groups and ability levels.

This project will replace the existing play area and make accessibility improvements to the pathway from the park entrance. All improvements will meet accessibility and stormwater requirements.

The City of Seattle is engaging with EarthCorps, Buffalo Soldiers, Parents for Student Success, King County Boys and Girls Club, Seattle Public Schools, and other non-profit partners to collaborate on reviving and renovating Red Barn Ranch.

Phase 1 of this project is moving forward after it had been put on hold as a result of the covid pandemic. Phase 1 improvements include an open lawn area, playfield drainage and irrigation infrastructure to make the current field more playable, picnic perch, off-leash area and bioretention basin.

This project includes installation of synthetic field surfacing, lighting, ADA access and site improvements for the lower playfield. Seattle Parks and Recreation is investing in state-of-the-art synthetic turf systems that are safe, playable and durable. Additionally, we are investing in the highest quality energy-efficient field lighting which minimizes spill light and glare off the field while providing performance recreational light. The project will improve the accessibility to the field in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

To better serve a diverse and rapidly growing community, Seattle Parks and Recreation will open a new community center in the South Lake Union neighborhood that we are currently calling the South Lake Union Community Center. It will be a private-public partnership project as the Community Center will be located within a private development project but operated by Seattle Parks and Recreation.

The 2016 Community Center Strategic plan named eight community centers for major maintenance projects focused on extending the life of these facilities and increasing programming potential.

Seattle Parks and Recreation purchased this .83 acre site in 2014 to provide the South Park community access to open space within this high density urban area. The Seattle Park District funds the development of this parcel into a park. Seattle Parks and Recreation will work with the community to develop a design for the park. Please participate in the public process as we work together to design your park spaces.

This project will replace the existing play equipment and make accessibility improvements.

This project will replace the play equipment for both younger and older children. Pathway paving will be selectively replaced to ensure an accessible route to and through the play area.

Renovate the street-end pocket park located on the eastern shore of Lake Union with goals to:Maintain the waterfront recreational use and character of the small, green pocket park serving the Eastlake neighborhood, enhance the park features with more durable materials, improve accessibility, and incorporate shoreline restoration, as appropriate.

The Ursula Judkins's viewpoint project will provide upgrades to the parking area, a walking path, improved overlook areas, restored meadows and invasive species management to the existing park and viewpoint.

As included in the Parks and Green Spaces Levy language improvements to the park will include improvements to public safety including but not limited to improving sight lines into the park, renovating seating, renovating the former children's play area, improving and expanding lighting, and upgrading landscaping

This project will replace the existing play area and make accessibility improvements to the pathway from the park entrance. All improvements will meet accessibility and stormwater requirements.

This project will replace the existing play equipment with new equipment that meets current safety and accessibility standards. All improvements will be compliant with the standards from the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

The Friends of Arboretum Creek (FOAC) are working to reunite clean, year-round water sources with Arboretum Creek. In 2018, with support from an initial King County grant, FOAC determined the water quality in Alder and Alley Creeks is clean and available to be reunited with Arboretum Creek. Currently, this clean water is routed into the King County Sewer, which reduces needed system capacity. This project will engage the neighborhood community in fundraising for design, additional studies, restoration and outreach.

Seattle Parks and Recreation has secured grant funding to enhance and preserve the Arboretum Waterfront Trail and waterfront access. Thank you to the over 1200 people that participated in our online survey for the Waterfront trail and helped to secure this funding. Please see survey results below.

This Washington Park Arboretum Masterplan Project, Woodland Meadow, reimagines the current Crabapple Meadow, the site of the former field nursery for the Arboretum.

Seattle Parks and Recreation purchased this .33 acres in 2014 to provide the community access to open space. Seattle Parks and Recreation will work with the community to develop a design for the park. Please participate in the public process as we work together to design your park.

The West Queen Anne Playfield serves as a hub for sports activities, including baseball, softball, and soccer. The improvement project focuses on enhancing the athletic fields by extending their hours and season of use. 

The project’s goal is to replace the south restroom with a prefabricated restroom and restore the area where the south play area previously was.

This project will renovate the existing restrooms in the building and complete accessibility improvements near the entrance of the clubhouse.

Seattle Parks and Recreation purchased .38 acres in 2012 to provide the community access to open space within high density urban areas across the city. The Seattle Park District funds the development of this parcel into a park. The design will incorporate accessibility in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and additional park elements will be incorporated after gathering public input. Please participate in the public process as we work together to design your park spaces.

The new Off Leash Area development at West Seattle Stadium will turn the current unpaved overflow parking lot into an OLA featuring fenced area for unleashed dogs, seating, and a planted stormwater bioretention area.