McEuen Makeover Begins

SR illustrator Molly Quinn provides some idea what the new & improved McEuen Field will look like in another year plus.

Groundbreaking: A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday., at the lower level of the Coeur d’Alene City Hall to launch the McEuen Park Project.  The project involves the parking lot on the south side of City Hall, a connector trail from east to west across the park, removal of part of the larger 4th Street parking lot, mass grading, and utility installation.

An overlooked park in the heart of Coeur d’Alene will be transformed into a recreational showcase over the next 14 months. In the city’s most expensive park project ever, McEuen Field between downtown and Tubbs Hill will be remade to give visitors a greater variety of amenities and improve downtown’s link to the waterfront. Work begins this week and is expected to be finished by November 2013. Eighty percent of the project will be financed by urban renewal tax dollars. Major pieces of the $14.2 million makeover will be a promenade along Lake Coeur d’Alene, a grassy amphitheater, a large children’s playground and summer splash pad, and new paths, parking lots, picnic shelters and restrooms. Through private fundraising, the city may add more features, such as a fenced dog park and a skateboard park/ Scott Maben , SR. More here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

Question: Are you ready for a new McEuen Field?