Community invited to celebrate the expansion of Greenacres Park

SPOKANE VALLEY, WA - The City of Spokane Valley is hosting a community celebration of the expansion of Greenacres Park on Friday, July 25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with a ribbon cutting at 11:20 a.m. All are invited to bring a picnic lunch, explore the new features of the barnyard-themed community park, and visit animals as part of a traveling petting zoo on-site.

Greenacres Park is an 8.3-acre park in eastern Spokane Valley, located at 1311 N. Long Road adjacent to Riverbend Elementary School. The park land was purchased in 2007, and Phase I was constructed in 2012.

Phase II improvements outlined in the city's Parks and Recreation Master Plan and identified through community input are now complete and include:

• Six pickleball courts, one tennis court and two basketball courts
• Community garden
• Backstop
• Expanded playground and splashpad
• Disc golf putting ring
• Shade structures and shade trees
• Expanded parking and pathways
• Paved perimeter trail

The Phase II project budget is $2 million, of which 75% or $1.5 million was funded by state and federal grants. The City successfully applied for two grants through the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO), receiving $500,000 from Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) - Local Parks and $1 million from the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). In addition, trees for the project were donated by the Spokane County Conservation District through the Cool Canopy Program and the Riverbend Elementary School PTSA contributed funds toward the project.

Learn more about the park at SpokaneValleyWA.gov/Greenacres.