TAs part of the city's five -year capital improvement plan, the city of Avondale renovates several renovations for parks in the entire community.
The city council of Avondale was updated in the Civic Center Park, in the Friendship Park, in the future Dysart Road and in the Western Avenue Pocket Park, in Dessie Lorenz Park and in the future Donatela Park during a recently carried out city council meeting on current or future development and improvement projects, whereby the city's employees and the exposed to the period, plans and the expected Budget shared for every renovation.
The 4.9 hectare Civic Center Park is located in addition to the similarly named Civic Center Library with an overall project budget of $ 4.1 million. In the park, which is currently under construction, the city adds a shady playground, a picnic -Ramada, a Perimeter Sidewalk Loops, a Reading Grove, a food truck alley for events and public art, which include a freedom lawn. The city is considering adding an circumferential fence to include the playground.
According to Corey Larriva, director of parks, relaxation and libraries, the “beloved” friendship park is one of the most visited in Avondale. Two projects are planned for the park along the McDowell Road near Agua Fria, the first of which is a revocation of a hectare dog park on the northwestern corner of the property. The dog park is used strongly, the city explained, but it is criticized for lack of amenities. With a financing of 1.3 million US dollars in the budget of the 2025 financial year, the city adds a public art feature, four shadow roofs, benches, water well, lighting, improved entrance areas, trees and improved irrigation in the region. All construction documents for the project are almost completed and are checked by technical services.
“This park we know is very loved by our community and serves a lot of our public. Ultimately, we see that there are opportunities to sniff some areas or some amenities again and to really rejuvenate them into the new way of Avondale,” said Larriva.
The city also adds eight pickle balls to the Friendship Park. The city currently offers nine pickle balls a week, all of which are full and have most waiting lists for joining.
“Pickleball in general is an amazing, rapidly growing sport and is still the nationally the fastest growing sport,” said Larriva. “I think our master plan has found that it grew by 51% across the country last year, and we see no slowing down here in Avondale either.”
The public Avondale Pickleball Courts are currently in the southern part of the community, said Larriva, and the project in Friendship Park will meet the need for dishes at the northern end of the city. The dishes will be in the southeastern part of property, where it is currently not illuminated, passive lawn. The amenities include LED lighting, spectator seats, shadow roofing and improvements to the landscape. The project budget is USD 1.44 million and is included in the budget for the 2025 financial year.
“The developer (friendliest) piece of the available real estate that is available will be where the sports field is located. We want to design the property so that we do not lose any current amenities, and we can surround this sports field under the power lance increase, but maintain the new pickleball facility in which the sports field was.
Two new parks come to Avondale, the city said during the meeting. With a budget of 1 million US dollars in the fiscal years 2025 and 2026, the city is developing a small property along the Western Avenue in a pocket park. The Dysart Road and Western Avenue Pocket Park are less than a hectare, with landscaping, signage, decorative fence, a hiking trail and public art that improves the entrance to the historic old town of Avondale. This project is currently in very early conceptual phases, said Larriva.
“Ultimately, we think this is the best use of the room,” said Larriva. “It offers a recovery equipment for the entire city and can attract some attention to our Western Avenue.”
The city also develops a 5.37 hectare park in 113th Avenue and in Palm Lane, the development of Donatela Neighborhood Park. This will be the first neighborhood park in northern Avondale. With a project budget of 5.47 million US dollars, which are divided over the fiscal years 2025 to 2027, the parking facilities include open lawn, a basketball court, a toilet, a Perimeter hiking trail, a fertilizer, lighting, landscaping, benches, picnic tables, signs and parking. The project is currently the approval of the National Park Service via Arizona State Parks and Trails.
In Dessie Lorenz Park, the city transforms its open lawn in demonstration gardens, which act as educational areas for the residents. The project will also add educational signs and a certain public art area. The overall project budget is around 1.39 million dollars, with the financing between the financial years 2025 and 2026. The city guides plan to maintain the monument sign in the park.