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Council hears plan to repurpose underused parks for housing and amenity upgrades
Summary
Parks & Recreation Director Matt Salvatore presented a review identifying roughly 17 parks/open spaces that could be updated or vacated to support infill housing, improvements and neighborhood revitalization; council and staff emphasized public input and staged implementation.
Sioux City’s Parks & Recreation Department on Monday outlined a citywide inventory that identifies roughly 17 park properties where parts or all of the land could be repurposed for housing, amenities or sale under a staged process that would include public input and board approvals.
"In Sioux City we have 1,639 residents per park," Parks Director Matt Salvatore told the council during a slide presentation comparing local metrics to National Recreation and Park Association standards. He…
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