Parks
Parks are some of the last remaining undeveloped spaces in Boise. Parks are ribbons of green amid asphalt and concrete in a city experiencing phrenetic development.
DEVELOPMENT PLANS
These are the eleven (11) properties owned by Boise Parks & Recreation, and seven (7) owned by other City departments currently being studied for development:
1. Morris Hill Rd. Morris Hill Park
2. 1149 E Lewis St.
3. 6643 W Cassia/Kelly & Cassia Park
4. 9920 W. Lake Hazel
5. S Eckert Rd./Future Alta Harris Park
6. 3801 S. Cole/Murgoitio Park Site
7. 11301 W. Arabian
8. 1736 & 1739 E. Hays Ct.
9. 6020 & 6030 N. Gary Ln.
10. 5715 N. Pierce
11. 506 S. 3rd/Myrtle & 3rd
12. 201 W. Myrtle St.
13. 7018 N. Pierce
14. 2280 Roanoke Dr.
15. N 6th St/Near 7th &Brumback
16. 7018 N. Pierce Park Ln.
17. 4309 N. Collister Dr.
18. 5076 Willow
Throughout America, city departments of parks & recreation buy properties for “parks” not for developers. Without passage of the Boise Parks Protection Initiative the city may continue to raid parks and open space for development.
ENVIRONMENTAL & ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS
We need to preserve parks for the sake of our city, for the sake of our future, and for the sake of the variety of wildlife in and around the area. Great cities offer citizens more than a place to work, sleep, drive, and park a car. Great Cities have great parks for all residents to enjoy.
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PLANS
The city wants to wash their hands of many parks. To repeat, seven of the properties that are under review for housing development are owned by the city’s Parks & Recreation Department. This is not the function of parks & recreation departments throughout America.
With the commitment and initiative of devoted people like you – people from all around the city – we believe we can change the path the city has decided to take with its parks. Together, we can project the voice, the strength, and the resolve needed to save parks. We must stand up as one and ensures the passage of the Parks Protection Initiative.