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Nolensville board weighs Greystone Park options, budgeted $300,000 for phase 1
Summary
Board members discussed converting Greystone Park into a simple green space or investing in amenities such as a playground, pedestrian bridge and resurfaced parking; staff said $300,000 is budgeted in the capital plan and offered to return with cost estimates and phased options.
Town staff presented Greystone Park options on Dec. 16, asking the Board of Commissioners whether to pursue a low-cost path-to-access approach or invest the town’s $300,000 capital improvement allocation in a larger amenity set.
Assistant Town Manager/Staff (Speaker 5) said the materials in the meeting packet were drawn from the adopted parks and recreation master plan and community surveys. Staff outlined components that could be included in a development program: refurbishing the tennis court into a combined tennis/pickleball facility or removing it for a playground; a pedestrian bridge that crosses a protected watercourse; resurfacing and restriping an existing parking area; and an ADA-accessible trail. "Right now the town capital improvement plan has budgeted $300,000 for the project," staff said, adding that very little of that has been spent to date.
Several commissioners favored a phased, pragmatic approach. Commissioner (Speaker 6) described a "path of least resistance" — open the park to the public with resurfaced parking and basic access first, then add amenities as funding allows. "To me, grass is a park," he said, emphasizing low-cost measures and ADA access so the park becomes usable quickly.
Vice Mayor Salameda (Speaker 8) and Commissioner (Speaker 7) advocated for at least one amenity in the near term, with Speaker 8 saying: "I think the bridge is priority. Parking is priority." Concerns about noise from courts led some commissioners to prefer a playground or small pavilion rather than high-noise court facilities. Staff told the board winter is an opportune time to solicit contractor bids and offered to return with order-of-magnitude cost estimates for parking, the bridge and walkway elements so the board could decide whether to fund a playground as part of Phase 1 or defer it to a later phase.
No final decision was made at the work session; staff will provide cost estimates and a phased plan for review during the board’s strategic planning session and potential action in January/February.
