Projects
The Anchorage Park Foundation is working with several organizations and individuals to raise funds for projects that will enhance Anchorage recreation opportunities and promote stewardship.
Projects range from building a skatepark to upgrading parks throughout town with Clean & Green, Safe & Secure.
Improvements to Check Out!
- New Rain garden at Taku Park
- Tree plantings at Lyn Ary Park
- Park Furniture and Recreation Activity at Jewel Lake Park, Kincaid Park, Campbell Park, Margaret Eagan Sullivan Park, Goose Lake Park
- Community Garden at Fairview Lions Park, Plantings at Fairbanks Park
- Russian Jack trail connection to the Chester Creek Trail, Trail Watch brushing project
- Cuddy Family Midtown Park construction
- Abbott Loop Community Park Pavilion
- Pena Field fence replacement (Mt. View Baseball Challenge Grant)
- University Lake Trail improvements by Alaska Trails and Youth Employment in Parks
- Jacobson Park Trail - (across 36th Ave. from David Green Park)
- 30 trail intersection signs at Far North Bicentennial Park
- Recycle bins at recreation centers
- 2 Youth Employment in Parks vans, wrapped with graphics
- Stenciled Storm Drains: "Keep it Clean: Drains to Stream" by YEP
near Taku Lake, Fairview, Delaney Park Strip, and at 68th St. and Lake Otis
- Earthquake Park: less invasive weeds
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Municipal Park Projects funded in the April 2007 Bond package, total $4.995 million:
- Multi-Use Athletic Fields $500,000
- Neighborhood Playground Safety Upgrades $895,000
- Veteran's Memorial Improvements $200,000
- Cuddy Family Midtown Park $200,000
- Delaney Park Repair $250,000
- Far North Bicentennial Park $250,000
- Jewel Lake Park $500,000
- Russian Jack Springs Park $250,000
- Skate Park $100,000
- South Anchorage Sports Park $650,000
- Town Square Park $250,000
- Valley of the Moon Park $250,000
- Goose Lake Park $500,000
- Russian Jack Springs Park Greenhouse & Chalet $200,000