Uncommon Ground Park (2nd & Coltrane)

[Johnb911]

Anyone know what's going on with the field on the north side of 2nd, just west of Coltrane? They cleared a bunch of trees and are maybe doing some leveling? Haven't looked too closely other than all the trees going down.

[Richard at Remax]

New Park

[Pete]

It's part of the Willowood drainage project.

A creek runs through that property.

[Richard at Remax]

A man I office with bought the property with his foundation and is laying the groundwork and will start construction of a park in a joint effort with the city of Edmond. I've seen the plans and it looks pretty cool.

[Celebrator]

A man I office with bought the property with his foundation and is laying the groundwork and will start construction of a park in a joint effort with the city of Edmond. I've seen the plans and it looks pretty cool.

Are they going to try and save lots of the old-growth trees down there? Please say yes.

[Richard at Remax]

From what I saw they are taking out the trees that were in bad shape and leaving the mature ones behind.

[Plutonic Panda]

Are they going to try and save lots of the old-growth trees down there? Please say yes.

My thoughts as well.

[Celebrator]

From what I saw they are taking out the trees that were in bad shape and leaving the mature ones behind.

Good.

[thunderbird]

A man I office with bought the property with his foundation and is laying the groundwork and will start construction of a park in a joint effort with the city of Edmond. I've seen the plans and it looks pretty cool.

That is awesome!

[Johnb911]

A man I office with bought the property with his foundation and is laying the groundwork and will start construction of a park in a joint effort with the city of Edmond. I've seen the plans and it looks pretty cool.

Can you share any details? This is exciting!

[Johnb911]

City of Edmond confirms.

https://twitter.com/cityofedmond/sta...769982977?s=21

[Richard at Remax]

Going to be in the $15-$20 mil range. Will have restaurants as well. Going to be pretty sweet from the plans I saw the other day.

[Johnb911]

There is an article about this in the newest Edmond Outlook. Going to be a sculpture garden, among other things.

https://issuu.com/edmondoutlook/docs...021/s/13227569

[Plutonic Panda]

It would be cool to see a world class topiary garden here.

[Richard at Remax]

Master Plan for the new park at 2nd St and Coltrane in Edmond. Going to be a fantastic addition to the area!

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[Celebrator]

Master Plan for the new park at 2nd St and Coltrane in Edmond. Going to be a fantastic addition to the area!

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WOW! This is a WONDERFUL project. Really hope it comes to fruition as shown. It has always been a lovely piece of property and now all will be able to enjoy it.

[shawnw]

Looks great, but from a master planning perspective, there's a bit of a missed opportunity. This park isn't very far from the very excellent spring creek trail. They should have planned to extend that trail and integrate it with this park, long term, with the trail going through the park, for a future connection on the other end, whenever they got around to extending it again even farther in the future.

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[Pete]

Here is a larger version:

[Pete]

From today (Sunday):

[ChaseDweller]

Skatepark, but no disc golf. That's too bad. It would be a great place for another great Edmond course.

[Richard at Remax]

I'm told the skate park area is still TBD. Everything else is a go

[Celebrator]

The skate park doesn't seem like a good fit for this project. There's a nice one at Mitch Park, do we need another?

[Johnb911]

Anyone know a rough timeline on this?

[Pete]

[shawnw]

Looks great, but from a master planning perspective, there's a bit of a missed opportunity. This park isn't very far from the very excellent spring creek trail. They should have planned to extend that trail and integrate it with this park, long term, with the trail going through the park, for a future connection on the other end, whenever they got around to extending it again even farther in the future.

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Forgot to give an update. At CNU I spoke extensively to the city of edmond bike planner and they DO intend to extend the spring creek trail (might be called something else) up to and through this park, long term.