{"id":15563,"date":"2019-05-30T22:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T04:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/proposed-enhancements-unveiled-for-sayre-park\/"},"modified":"2019-05-31T06:31:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T12:31:55","slug":"proposed-enhancements-unveiled-for-sayre-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/proposed-enhancements-unveiled-for-sayre-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed enhancements unveiled for Sayre Park"},"content":{"rendered":"
Park goers enjoy the swing set at Sayre Park on a mild and cloudy Thursday afternoon in Glenwood.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thursday, residents received a taste of what improvements the city may make to one of its central gathering spots and the home of the Strawberry Days Festival \u2014 Sayre Park.<\/p>\n

The Sayre Park master plan project open house, held at the Community Center, allowed consultant Zehren and Associates to unveil its three schematics ranging from \u201cbasic improvements\u201d to \u201caggressive changes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had a number of organizations in the community that have approached us wanting to make improvements to the different amenities that we have at Sayre Park,\u201d Parks and Recreation Director Brian Smith said of the impetus for the historic park\u2019s master plan project. \u201cIt is a good time to address all of those needs at once. Our Parks and Recreation Commission and council kept hearing those groups come to them and say, \u2018We want to see improvements.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

OPTION ONE<\/p>\n

The basic improvements option zeroed in on resurfacing and re-striping the existing basketball and tennis courts, expanding and renovating the park\u2019s current restrooms and playground as well as improving the parks ADA accessibility.<\/p>\n

Other option one basic improvements included:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Improved pedestrian pathways<\/p>\n

\u2022 Creating a historic plaza<\/p>\n

\u2022 The widening and replacement of park steps<\/p>\n

\u2022 Utilizing the baseball field\u2019s outfield area as a multi-use sports field<\/p>\n

\u2022 Dugout and grandstand replacement<\/p>\n

\u2022 Picnic shelter improvements<\/p>\n

\u2022 Irrigation replacement<\/p>\n

\u2022 Installing a safety barrier around the playground<\/p>\n

OPTION TWO<\/p>\n

The moderate improvements option included many of the park enhancements already presented in option one, but tacked on a few more developments.<\/p>\n

Those additional developments included:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Adding another basketball court<\/p>\n

\u2022 Creating four pickle-ball courts at existing tennis courts<\/p>\n

\u2022 Installing synthetic turf over the baseball field\u2019s infield<\/p>\n

\u2022 Building a new playground for children ages 2\u20135<\/p>\n

\u2022 Constructing a new park plaza and pavilion<\/p>\n

\u2022 Replacing site furnishings<\/p>\n

OPTION THREE<\/p>\n

Already including many of the first two diagrams\u2019 park additions, the aggressive changes option also proposed converting one tennis court into strictly pickle-ball courts, constructing terrace seating along the baseball field\u2019s east and west sides as well as relocating the existing volleyball courts to the old horseshoe site.<\/p>\n

Additional option three enhancements included:<\/p>\n

\u2022 The construction of a few new pavilions<\/p>\n

\u2022 A new pedestrian route between the baseball field and tennis courts<\/p>\n

\u2022 The removal of the grandstands and storage shed<\/p>\n

\u2022 New safety netting along the baseball field\u2019s southwest end<\/p>\n

\u2022 Terraced seating and gardens at the park\u2019s sledding hill<\/p>\n

\u2022 Adding new restrooms in the southeast corner of Sayre Park<\/p>\n

\u2022 Replacing the entire baseball field with synthetic turf<\/p>\n

Next, the city will launch an online community survey for further public outreach followed by another open house scheduled tentatively for July 11 to present the preferred option scenario to the public.<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thursday, residents received a taste of what improvements the city may make to one of its central gathering spots and the home of the Strawberry Days Festival \u2014 Sayre Park. The Sayre Park master plan project open house, held at the Community Center, allowed consultant Zehren and Associates to unveil its three schematics ranging from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15563","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 03:47:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15567,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15563\/revisions\/15567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}