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Westfield parks director details inventory and programs; planner presents Simon Moon/Newby master plan
Summary
Parks Director Chris McConnell outlined Westfield’s parks inventory, acreage, programs and a tree‑bank fund; planner Jeff Speck presented an informational master plan for Simon Moon/Newby emphasizing walkability, mixed building types and framing the park with public edges.
Chris McConnell, Westfield’s director of parks and recreation, opened the parks presentation by listing staff roles and recent accomplishments: 14 parks in the inventory (119 developed acres and about 93.5 undeveloped acres for a total of approximately 212.79 acres), roughly 20 miles of multi‑use trails, five playgrounds (including one fully ADA‑accessible playground), and a new synthetic ice ribbon at Grand Junction Plaza. McConnell said the department launched programming that delivered 51 individual programs this year and served more than 2,300 residents.
McConnell also described a…
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