Community-Guided Parks & Recreation System Plan

Cricket Batting cage in South Hillsboro

Cricket is a popular team sport and there is a lot of interest in the community to have a safe place to play. A batting cage in and around new parks being developed in the south Hillsboro area will be great

Add a new path at U J Hamby Park

Now that Jackson School Road is more pedestrian friendly, I have seen the community use that park more. I live north of that park and I have to use the new entrance by the playground and field adjacent to the road to enter the park. This entrance is faster than walking down to the parking lot entrance, but it is not a paved path. The entrance is just an open gate that leads into grass. It would be wonderful to have a section of asphalt to walk on so I don’t have to get my shoes muddy, and so there isn’t an unsightly patch of mud and dead grass due to pedestrian traffic.

Fairgrounds sports complex skateboard park

I walk through the Fairgrounds sports complex park and believe it would be a great use of space to repurpose the tennis court area of this park into a skate board park or build a smaller area skate dot similar to Reed's Crossing park built by Evergreen Skateparks.

Amberglen dog park

Amberglen is a dense neighborhood that is also growing. Dog owners have to drive to either Orenco or Hondo dog parks to let their puppers play. That unnecessarily increases the traffic in the city. To leave enough space for geese, ducks, and humans, I suggest fencing off slice of park along NW Gibbs Drive along with the trees.

Pollinator Pathways

Add flower/tree plantings in parks and adjoining public spaces including medians and parking strips to encourage a pathway of pollinators throughout our city and support other bird/animal diversity without use of pesticides

Designated pickleball courts

Designated pickleball courts in addition to pickleball lines painted on tennis and basketball courts

Chess games

Trampoline