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Clark County presents 60% designs for Hazeldel Community Park access, parking and play-area upgrades
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At a March 11 open house, Clark County Parks and Nature presented 60% designs for Hazeldel Community Park focused on ADA-accessible trails, a 41-stall parking lot with three ADA spaces, new play structures (medieval theme) and a replanting plan following recent hazard-tree work.
Lindy Wallach, a park and trails planner with Clark County Parks and Nature, presented 60% designs for access improvements and a park-plan update for Hazeldel Community Park at an open house on March 11. Wallach said the access project includes a reconstructed driveway, a 41-stall asphalt parking lot with three ADA stalls, new drainage to address ponding, and ADA-compliant trails connecting shelters, restrooms, picnic areas and play spaces.
The presentation stressed accessibility and safety. Wallach said the existing parking area is unpaved with no striping or accessible stalls and that many path grades are not ADA compliant; she warned that the fenced play area is not safe for children to enter until construction is finished, saying, "It is not a safe place for kids even to explore supervised." The county removed old play equipment and has begun installing new themed equipment after community input led to selection of a medieval theme.
Wallach outlined the project’s historic and ecological context: Hazeldel Community Park is approximately 20 acres of a larger Clark County Poor Farm historic district, and an arborist assessment identified a majority of park trees as about 125 to 150 years old. Parks and Nature completed hazard-tree work in winter, removing or snagging trees with structural defects and planning canopy-succession planting to replace removed trees and sustain forest health.
On approvals and schedule, Wallach said Parks and Nature applied for and received a certificate of appropriateness for the access improvements in February. She said final design and permitting are planned from April through early summer 2026, with bidding and construction hoped for later in the year. The park-plan update will be finalized, posted online for public comment, reviewed by the parks advisory board and the planning commission, and adopted by the Clark County Council.
Wallach noted the park development for the currently undeveloped parcel is conceptual and not included in Parks and Nature’s current six-year capital improvement plan. She also emphasized that design choices aim to minimize tree removal while allowing for future westward lot expansion, and that new drainage will include water-quality treatment features. For questions, Wallach invited public email correspondence and pointed to project graphics on the county project website.
The county’s stated next steps are completing final design and securing permits in spring–early summer 2026, posting the plan for public review, and pursuing review and adoption through advisory and county bodies before construction begins.
