Carkeek Park Playground Renovation
Updated: September 15, 2023
Fall 2023
Please Join Us! Saturday, September 23 from noon to 3 p.m. in the park!
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) invites the community to learn more about and provide input on two upcoming projects for Carkeek Park. Please join us from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 23, 2023 at shelter #2 just east of the play area. At this event, the design team will present design options for the site, share insight from our outreach with sləp̓iləbəxʷ (Rising Tides) Indigenous Planning Group and gather community input.
We are excited to welcome the community to the park for a fun fall afternoon. We will have cider pressing available so bring your own cider container and leave with it full of apple cider.
This project will replace the existing play area and make accessibility improvements to the pathway from the parking lot to the play area. This project will use synthetic safety surfacing in the play area. If necessary, this project will also hire an artist to repaint the Salmon Slide. All improvements will meet accessibility and stormwater requirements. The play area is being design by SPR in-house Landscape Architects and this is the second public engagement event for this project. This project’s scope has been expanded and will now include an internal renovation of the restroom building to meet all current accessibility requirements.
Location
Carkeek Park, 950 NW Carkeek Park Road, 98177
Budget
$1,288,000 (Funding source: REET I) for playground construction
$70,000 (Seattle Park District) for comfort station renovation design. Funds for construction of comfort station improvements will be identified in 2023
Schedule
Planning: 2021
Design: Spring 2023
Construction: Winter 2024/25
Completion: Spring 2025
Project Description
This project will replace the existing play area and make accessibility improvements to the pathway from the parking lot to the play area. This project will use synthetic safety surfacing in the play area. If necessary, this project will also hire an artist to repaint the Salmon Slide. All improvements will meet accessibility and stormwater requirements.
The play area will be closed throughout construction.
Community Participation
Seattle Parks and Recreation would like to thank everyone who participated in the online survey and those who joined us for the online public meeting on December 9, 2021.
Online Survey Open December 1 - 20, 2021
https://seattle.surveymonkey.com/r/CarkeekPG
Online Project Kick-off Meeting 12/9/2021
Please watch this page for additional opportunities to participate in the public process.