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