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Staff outline nature-playground, tree-planting and Parkside Oak planning as new housing developments approach
Summary
Park staff updated the commission on several projects — a nature playground at Loch Loron, Ridge Run Cabin renovations, a 2025 tree-planting contract for 211 trees — and discussed the need to update the park and open-space plan as multiple residential developments come forward.
Park and Recreation staff told the commission Thursday that multiple park projects and a pending update to the department’s park-and-open-space plan will require coordinated planning and likely consultant support as new residential development proposals advance.
Rick, a Park and Recreation staff member, said the nature playground at Loch Loron is under construction, with staff-built play elements and hardscape work expected to continue through winter and spring and a target opening by the end of next spring. He also gave a progress update on Ridge Run Cabin renovations, noting chimney repairs, a gas-insert installation and new plumbing for a kitchenette;…
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