This project will develop a new park for residents and visitors to enjoy. Once redesigned, the space will incorporate environmental remediation and resiliency components. It will feature an outdoor amphitheater, walking trail with a lake overlook, tennis courts, a restroom facility, pavilion shade structure, dog park, vita course, playground, and butterfly garden. All of which will benefit the bayshore neighborhood.

This 19.4-acre park demonstrates the city's commitment to green space while serving as a model of sustainability, stewardship, and resilience.

Park Features

• Open meadows
• Extensive landscaping
• Open field areas
• A pavilion
• Six courts marked for tennis and pickleball
• Court lighting system
• Restroom facilities
• Children’s playground
• Dog park
• Boardwalk and pathways

Bayshore park will have entrance and park identification signs, a fitness cluster, butterfly garden, linear water feature, and a parking lot.

Resiliency Improvements

The project includes a comprehensive stormwater drainage infrastructure that collects and stores stormwater runoff in underground tanks, allowing for infiltration into the ground and replenishing the freshwater table. The park design includes a lake which will accommodate a portion of the stormwater runoff from the neighborhood's streets via a piping system. These pipes will be connected to the future stormwater system, which will collect and discharge stormwater runoff into the lake.

Other resiliency components include:

• Environmental remediation as well as a central lake with circulation and an ozone water treatment system.
• Stormwater infrastructure to collect and retain a portion of the neighborhood's stormwater runoff.
• Lighting system with motion detection.
• Parking lot with permeable pavement.

This project will take place at the former Par 3 Golf Course located at 2795 Prairie Ave.

Construction is expected to take two years. This project is scheduled to be completed in Fall 2025.