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University Place celebrates new inclusive playground, park upgrades and busy 2025 events calendar

University Place · January 7, 2026

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Summary

An unidentified speaker described park improvements including an inclusive playground at SIRK Park, safety upgrades at Sunset Terrace Park, neighborhood sprucing at Colgate Park, and said the city's 30th birthday celebration drew an estimated 6,500 people among an active events calendar.

Unidentified Speaker said University Place invested in parks and community events in 2025, including a new inclusive playground and accessibility upgrades.

"We continued to enhance our parks and trails, and we celebrated the opening of the new inclusive playground at SIRK Park," the Unidentified Speaker said, calling it "a place where kids of all abilities can play together." The speaker also noted safety and accessibility upgrades at Sunset Terrace Park and described neighbors coming together to spruce up Colgate Park on Parks Appreciation Day.

The speaker listed a full calendar of community events in 2025, saying the city's 30th birthday bash drew an estimated 6,500 people and was capped off by a hot-air-balloon finale. Other events mentioned included Duck Days, Music on the Square, Concerts in the Orchard, Movie in the Park, Oktoberfest and the Christmas tree lighting.

These items were presented as community-building accomplishments in the speaker's year-in-review; the transcript contains no votes, budget line items or formal motions associated with these projects.