Upper Arlington unveils updated Burke Park master plan, expands parking and adds four-season shelter

Upper Arlington's parks staff and design consultants presented an updated Burke Park master plan on June 16 that would relocate the park maintenance area, expand accessible play and nature spaces, add court capacity for tennis and pickleball, increase parking and construct a four-season shelter with year-round restrooms.

"This particular location allows us to move the maintenance area out of the center of the park into an area more easily secured and hidden by a combination of fences, the existing evergreen hedges along, Wickliffe and Coyoacan, and the woods to the west," Park Development and Arts Superintendent Jeff Anderson said as he described the maintenance-yard relocation that frees central park space for expanded amenities.

Consultant architect Nick Estillo of Myers and Associates described the proposed four-season shelter as a centrally located pavilion with a gathering space sized to support summer day camps and small community events, support spaces including restrooms and mechanical areas, and extensive glazing to bring…