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Blue

valley

rec center

Park

SITE LOCATION: 1801 White Ave. STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, & OPPORTUNITIES

CLASSIFICATION: Park Blue Valley Recreation Center Park is located in Northeast Kansas City
COUNCIL DISTRICT: 3 and is adjacent to single-family residential and Trailwoods Elementary

QLID
PARK DISTRICT: School. It is associated with the Police Athletic League of Kansas City.
This park is overall attractive and well maintained, shows evidence of
ESTABLISHED: 1970 attracting appropriate park activity, has good visibility into the site, offers
ACREAGE: 24.04 acres a strong sense of safety, and provides various pleasant places to sit.
Although this is a KC Parks property, it doesn’t seem like it is open to
the public, even with a new sign. There are a variety of amenities in the
PARK AMENITIES park and most seem to be in above average condition. Opportunities
for improvement include:
• Benches (3) • Adding shade structures
• Bicycle Racks (1)
• Bleachers/Grandstands (2)
• Diamond Fields (1)
• New Park Sign (1)
• Parking Lighting (26)
• Parking Lot (2) PARK ASSESSMENT RATING
• Pedestrian Lighting (5) RATING KEY: 0-24 ACCEPTABLE; 25-49 POOR; 50-74 GOOD; 75-100 EXCELLENT
• Pickleball Courts (2)
• Picnic Tables (4) UNACCEPTABLE POOR GOOD ✓ EXCELLENT
• Rectangular Fields (1)
• Regulatory Sign (1)
• Scoreboard (1)
• Sports Lighting (34)
• Trash Receptacles (5) Comfort/Character-32
Usability-9

Accessibility-14 Amenities-21 TOTAL SCORE

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