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Parks board hears master-plan push for consolidated sports complex
Summary
At its Nov. 3 meeting the Board of Park Commissioners heard an update on the Parks and Recreation Master Plan recommending a focus on consolidated sports parks, multiuse fields and a reconfiguration of Duke Park, with consultant work and a joint workshop set for Dec. 3.
At its Nov. 3 meeting the Board of Park Commissioners received an update on the Parks and Recreation Master Plan that emphasized consolidating sports facilities and creating multiuse fields, board member Mister Matthews said.
Matthews said the planning process included multiple stakeholder meetings with groups such as pickleball players, Troy Football Parents and the Baseball Association and that the consultants heard a repeated request to concentrate sports fields in a single complex so families with children of different ages can “avoid the divide-and-conquer” logistics.
The board has partnered with Legacy Sports Group of Indianapolis, led by William Knox, and will work with American StructurePoint on site analyses and recommendations. Matthews said the consultants will advise on multiuse field layouts and “how to realign Duke Park for better usage,” but he noted no final decisions have been made.
A joint workshop with the park board, the recreation board and the city council is scheduled for Dec. 3, when the consultants will present findings and draft recommendations. Matthews also reported a robust public response to outreach, saying the project received more than 600 survey responses.
Commissioners asked about the stakeholder process and attendance; Matthews said steering committees were capped at roughly 12–15 members to ensure productive meetings and that some groups—such as a tennis representative, Mark Goldner—raised issues outside the study scope, including school-owned property, which Matthews said is not included in the master-plan work.
Matthews and other board members said timing for a more solidified plan depends on the workshop results; they identified early targets of January or February to set priorities and lay out the plan, but no schedule or funding decisions were adopted at the Nov. 3 meeting.
Next steps: consultants will present at the Dec. 3 joint workshop and the board will set priorities from those recommendations for inclusion in the master plan.
