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Consultant presents 30-year master plan for Community Park; steering committee urged to prioritize maintainable projects
Summary
Rundell and Sperger Associates presented a concept master plan for Lawrence City’s 150-acre Community Park that lays out districts, new amenities and phased costs. Steering‑committee members emphasized realistic, maintainable priorities and fundraising needs given limited park operating funds.
A consultant team presented a phased, long‑range master plan for Community Park and urged the Parks Board and steering committee to prioritize projects that the city can maintain and fund.
Rundell and Sperger Associates partner Cecil outlined a concept plan that divides the 150‑acre site into districts, keeps soccer largely in place, reconfigures baseball into an eight‑plex style layout, and proposes realigning part of the entry drive to create space for a destination playground, splash pad and expanded skate/BMX area.
Cecil said the plan also includes parking improvements along Hess Avenue, additional soccer fields as an optional future phase, walking loops (about 0.5, 0.75 and 1 mile), and…
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