Jordan Valley Park
Master Plan

Imagine...

• a place where a child can see and play sports, learn science and experience the arts all in a day
• pockets of blight cleared away cleaned up and reused for houses and lofts, restaurants and shops, ponds and trails
• an urban meadow vast enough to find places for solitude and places to socialize.

Overall Master Plan

Described as a "grand civic gesture", Jordan Valley Park is designed to mix open space and buildings, water and meadows, playgrounds and plazas. The park contrasts public space and solitude, recreation and revitalization via:

• Subdistricts: Resembling an hourglass, the two ends of the park are marked by large meadows held together by a narrow band of activity-filled spaces, leading to a "central green." Each area is a distinct composition of landscape, buildings and open spaces.
• Edges: Edges define the park and its many spaces - not to divide or disconnect, but to provide a transition from downtown's urban environment to the natural, expressive environment of the Park.
• Connections: Jordan Valley Park is about connections - the past with the future, north Springfield with south, industry with agriculture, people with nature.
• Unifying Elements: Physical and symbolic references to Jordan Creek and historic Springfield will knit the elements of the park together. Artwork, gateways, streetscapes and focal points will lend powerful symbols to the varied landscape.