Parks and Open Space Planning

Parks, recreation, and open space provide personal, social, environmental and economic benefits and are important to our quality of life. As the City grows, new places are needed where residents can play, relax, meet their neighbors, and enjoy the natural environment. Thoughtful parks & open space planning makes sure that we continue to improve our quality of life for future generations. This is the charge of the City of Eugene’s Parks & Open Space Planning program, which includes:

• Ensuring stakeholders and residents have adequate public involvement opportunities to provide input for decision-making
• Developing and implementing the Parks, Recreation & Open Space Comprehensive Plan
• Providing planning and design for new parks, recreation areas, trails, and open space amenities, including those funded by the Parks & Open Space Bond Measure
• Acquiring new land for neighborhood and community parks, natural areas, wetlands and open waterways, and ridgeline open space
• Facilitating the parks giving program, including the Hays Memorial Tree Garden, Hendricks Park Native Plant Garden, and many other parks donation opportunities
• Joining with area residents, related public agencies, and community partners to continuously improve the quality, safety, availability and accessibility of parks and open space

Park Planning Links

• Plan Your Future Park, a simple, interactive game that walks the user through a number of steps in the process of planning, building and maintaining green spaces in the city and illustrates the many issues that park planners face in communities across the country.

For more information, please contact:

Neil Björklund, Parks and Open Space Planning Manager
Emily Proudfoot, Landscape Architect
Philip Richardson, Landscape Architect
Carrie Peterson, Park Development Coordinator
City of Eugene, Parks and Open Space Division
1820 Roosevelt Blvd.
Eugene, OR 97402
(541) 682-4800