Projects

• Anchorage Parks Report Card
  
  The Anchorage Park Foundation & the Parks & Recreation Department are proud to release the Anchorage Parks Report Card, a community-generated report on the state of Anchorage neighborhood parks.

Summer 2008 Accomplishments

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  Scotty Gomez Hockey Rink
  
  Old dasher boards and lighting at Tikishla Park's Scotty Gomez Hockey Rink have been removed in preparation for installation of new lights and equipment in October.
  

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  Cuddy Family Midtown Park
  Grand Opening
  

  Over 1,500 park lovers came out to celebrate the Grand Opening of the new Cuddy Family Midtown Park, with circus arts performers, kayaking, rollerski races, a demonstration by the Rage City Rollergirls, and much more.
  

• Didlika Park
  
  New perimeter fence installed. 2006 Challenge Grant project complete
  

• Whisper Faith Kovach Park
  
  New benches and bike rack installed and graffiti removed on playground. 2008 Challenge Grant project complete
  
  

• Reflection Point at Kincaid Park
  
  Anchorage International Rotary Club has recreated the top of an old missile bunker into an observation deck, garden, and whale bone display. Whale head will be added to the skeleton after restoration is complete in the spring. 2008 Challenge Grant project complete

• YEP Streambank Restoration at Campbell Park
  
  YEP crewmembers planted trees and shrubs along the newly completed restoration work to stabilize streambanks in Campbell Park
  
  

• Tanglewood Park Boardwalk
  
  Volunteers are building a new boardwalk as part of an Outdoor Classroom project for completion September 2009

   

• Prevent the Poop
  
  Community facilitation completed in Summer 2008. 2008 Challenge Grant Project
  
  
  

• Coastal Trail Improvements
  
  Through funding from the Rasmuson Foundation for equipment and materials, the Park Maintenance trail crew made asphalt repairs and sealed cracks on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail between 2nd Avenue downtown and Earthquake Park in the Turnagain area
  
  

• New Soccer Fields at Kincaid park
  
  Seven new natural turf fields completed at Kincaid Park this summer, with funding the Rasmuson Foundation, other private donors and a legislative grant from the State of Alaska

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  University Lake Park
  
  YEP crew members and Alaska Trails volunteers completed gravel improvements to the popular loop trail around University Lake
  

• Singletrack Trails Project
  
  New singletrack mountain-biking trail premieres in Far North Bicentennial Park. 2008 Challenge Grant Project complete
  
  See Melissa DeVaughn's article here
  

   

• New bike rack
  
  New bike rack installed at the Spenard Recreation Center Skate Park
  
  

   

• Dave Rose Park
  
  Improvements are being made to the entrance walkway, signage and landscaping. New benches will be finished near the playground by October
  

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  New Downtown Art
  
  Flight of the Raven statue installed in Peratrovich Park
  
  
  

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  Expansion of Youth Employment in Parks
  
  This year the YEP Program doubled in size and expanded in scope

• Foster-a-Flower
  
  Hanging baskets and flower beds created and maintained all over the city.

• Bear Valley Neighborhood Park
  
  New bench, parking area and initial trail into new park established in Southwest Anchorage. 2008 Challenge Grant project complete
  
  

• Memorial Benches
  
  Installed in seven parks throughout Anchorage

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  Brown's Point Park
  
  Restored lawn and totem pole and installed concrete walkway. 2006 Challenge Grant Project complete
  

• Mountain View baseball
  
  New outfield fence installed at Pena Field. 2006 Challenge Grant Project complete
  
  

• Ben Crawford Memorial Park
  
  Eagle Scout Project installed new bench, 2008 Challenge Grant Project complete
  

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  Muldoon Park
  
  Forest health restoration and Chester Creek Restoration projects complete
  
  
  

• Urban Bird Treaty
  
  Signed

• Lloyd Steel Park
  
  Renovated two soccer fields with support from Anchorage District Soccer Federation
  
  

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