Glendale Park
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Overview:
Salt Lake City Public Lands has worked closely with Glendale community members and other Salt Lake City residents to develop a community-informed vision for Glendale Regional Park. In 2021-2022, the Glendale Regional Park Plan was developed and adopted in 2023. View the interactive Vision online here or the full Vision Plan document here.
Highlights of the plan are rooted in public feedback and include:
Community Gathering and Event Spaces – a promenade/community plaza spanning the north central gateway, an event stage and lawn, smaller pavilions and picnic lawns, and a riverside beach and boardwalk.
Play Spaces for Everyone – hiking, walking, and paved trails, an all-ages and abilities playground, climbing features, multi-use sports courts, a dog park, and a sledding hill.
Places to Enjoy the Water – a splash pad, kayak rental, boat dock, and ramp, and an outdoor pool.
Places to Wheel Around – an ice/roller skating ribbon, skateboarding area, and bike trails.
Project History
The planning team worked closely with project stakeholders, neighborhood residents, and partners to create a community-supported vision that reflects the Glendale neighborhood’s diversity and rich cultural heritage.
We would very much like to thank the Glendale Neighborhood Council, Glendale-Mountain View Community Learning Center, Salt Lake City School District, Community Advisory Committee Members, and all the people who participated in public engagement opportunities for your help in guiding this process!
Since the project began in the summer of 2021, the team met with students at Glendale Middle School and Mountain View Elementary School, participated in several community events, co-hosted an in-person Open House at the Community Learning Center with the Glendale Neighborhood Council, published a city-wide survey and met with the Glendale Community Advisory Committee to learn more about the types of activities, features, and amenities that are needed in the community and would be important to include at the new park.
Over 1700 people participated in the survey and engagement process and provided input and feedback that was incorporated into the vision plan. You can see the results of the survey and input we received in person, as well as who participated by clicking here.
Project Description
Salt Lake City Public Lands has worked closely with Glendale community members and other Salt Lake City residents to develop a community-informed vision for Glendale Regional Park. Highlights of the plan are rooted in public feedback and include:
- Community Gathering and Event Spaces
- Play Spaces for Everyone
- Place to Enjoy the water
- Places to wheel/skate around
Project Details
Project Location
1235 W 1700 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84104
Project Manager
Dustin Wiberg
Project Status
Phase I of the park opened in November of 2025.
It is anticipated that the Phase II construction will start Spring 2027 and the whole park will open in Spring of 2029.
Phase I
Phase I of the park added improvements on the west side of the park, closest to the existing Glendale Park. This phase of construction includes the following amenities:
- All abilities playground
- Full-size Basketball court
- Looped Pathways
- Pickleball courts with shade and benches
- Shaded canopies
- Picnic lawn
- Parking
- Innovative Storm drainage strategies including the creation of a wetland
Phase II
Phase II of the park will add the following amenities:
- Hub building (Public Restrooms, Skate Rental, Park Ranger Station, Concession)
- Skate Ribbon (Ice-skating in the winter, roller skating/blading in the summer)
- Iconic Public Art installation and observation plaza
- Reservable spaces for gathering or events
- Event lawn
- Splash pad
- Skate Park
- Pump Track with accessible pump track feature
- Restored/native landscapes
- Boardwalk
- Kayak launch and parking
- Maintenance Building and storage (Splash pad pump room, Maintenance areas and storage yard, public restroom)
- Variety of seating options
Public engagement conducted throughout the process demonstrated a need for pickleball on the site. Originally, the plan aimed to introduce four new pickleball courts while maintaining the existing eight tennis courts. However, due to recent increased interest in the activity and its more immediate implementation, SLC Public Lands Department performed additional public engagement in 2023 to determine how the community’s desire for more pickleball could be best incorporated into the new park’s first phase.
Based on the public engagement, Public Lands found that there’s strong community support for repurposing the tennis courts into pickleball courts, along with suggestions for additional amenities. As a result, the City will move forward with the option to repurpose four of the existing tennis courts into at least six pickleball courts. To read the full findings of the engagement, click the link here.
Project Next Steps:
A contractor has been selected and construction of Phase 1 of the new Glendale Park is expected to begin September 3, 2024 and anticipated to open to the public in the summer of 2025. Phase 1 includes:
- An all ages and all abilities playground with assistive technology
- Full basketball court
- Looped pathways
- Conversion of half of the current tennis courts into pickleball courts
- Shaded canopies
- Picnic lawn
- Parking
Landscape, plantings, trees, shade, and stormwater management are also important components of the design that are currently under review.
Community input has directly influenced the components to be included in the playground, which will include accessible play areas for kids of all ages and offer a variety of play choices. Landscape, plantings, trees, shade, and storm water management are also important components of the design that are currently under review.
Setting a new standard for sustainability in our parks
Glendale Regional Park is setting a new sustainability standard for Salt Lake City by following the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) pre-certification process. Similar to LEED standards for buildings, a SITES-certified project produces landscapes that reduce water demand, filters and reduces stormwater runoff, enhances biodiversity, provides pollinator and wildlife habitat, reduces energy consumption, protects critical ecosystems, improves air quality, and increases recreation opportunities.
Through the SITES process, performance measures are identified and the team designs to them, tailoring the design to the unique conditions of each site, inspiring project teams to be flexible and creative as they develop attractive, functional, and regenerative landscapes. Glendale Regional Park is a pilot project for implementing SITES across future Public Lands improvement projects and is an example of how Salt Lake City is incorporating the highest environmental standards into the design of the park.
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