Jordan Valley Park
Features

Indoor Features

Mediacom Ice Park

• Two NHL-regulation size ice sheets for recreational and figure skating, youth and adult hockey along with skate rentals, meeting and party rooms, concessions and outdoor plaza.
• Funding - Funds from Hotel/Motel tax approved by 75% of voters in 1998 and user fees.
• Design - Walker Parking Consultants, HOK Sport Venue & Event Architecture and Creative Ink Architects

Springfield Exposition Center

• 40,000 sqare feet of exhibition space and 13,000 square feet of pre-function space
• City owned - connects with renovated Trade Center; provides total contiguous exhibition and convention space of about 110,000 square feet.
• Funding - Convention and Entertainment Community Improvement District; State Tax Increment Finance District (TIF). The TIF returns half of the 3% state general sales tax generated in the Jordan Valley TIF to the community for the project. Over the life of the TIF, the State's participation is anticipated to be sufficient to retire $9 million in bonds.
• Design - Butler, Rosenbury & Partners

Creamery Arts Center

• Home to the Springfield Regional Arts Council, Springfield Ballet, Springfield Regional Opera and the Springfield Symphony as well as office for the Community Center and an Arts Patronage Initiative.
• Hosts workshops, classes, receptions, and board meetings for numerous arts and cultural agencies.
• $1.5 million approved in state tax credits to offset private donations
• Read more about the Creamery's history

Jordan Valley Car Park

• 3-bay, multilevel provides 977 spaces
• City owned - includes street-level office and retail space, including the Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Funding - Convention and Entertainment Community Improvement District (CID); Missouri Department of Transportation District 8; a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant; parking revenue
• Design - Walker Parking Consultants, HOK Sport Venue & Event Architecture and Creative Ink Architects

Outdoor Features

Streetscapes

• Improve accessibility and walkability for downtown patrons
• Improve appearance for visitors, patrons, and property owners
• Public investment in infrastructure to encourage private reinvestment in properties and businesses
• Safety - improved lighting; pleasant walking environment
• Emphasis on importance of certain corridors (eg. Boonville from Square to Commercial Street)

Greenspace and Greenway Trail

The Jordan Valley Park greenspace was officially dedicated the weekend of May 18-19, 2002. It was completed in less than a year, and adds an important new element to the ongoing Phase One plan. Built to somewhat mimic Ozarkian topography, visitors can wander through "Ozark Hills", walk the "dry streambed" walkway, and enjoy the playful nature of the water feature.

The Jordan Creek Greenway Trail connects the Ice Park area to the Boonville Streetscape area. A lit walkway allows for either walking or biking from area to area.

Ozark Stream and Fountain

As a very popular spot to cool off, the Ozark Stream and Fountain has many interesting features:

• It was designed to emulate an Ozarks stream with its meandering water complete with waterfalls, ripples, sound and a portion that disappears under the walkway.
• Materials: Two colors of granite (rose and black).
• The entire system is computer controlled.
• Fountain includes:
  • 18 Microshooter Jets (Air and Water powered)
  • 36 Analog Jets
  • Stream has 8 Jellyfish (another type of water jet) along the upper portion
• Water Volume of entire system: approx. 21,000 gallons
• Designer: WET Design, Los Angeles, CA (the same company that designed the $60,000,000 fountains at the Bellagio in Las Vegas NV, among hundreds throughout the world).

When there are to be concerts in the park the fountain can be turned off and the top surface of the fountain becomes the stage.