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SITE LOCATION: Armour Blvd. & Gillham Rd. STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, & OPPORTUNITIES

CLASSIFICATION: Park Commonwealth Green is located in midtown Kansas City, in a very
COUNCIL DISTRICT: 4 dense part of the city, and adjacent to multi-family residential and

Central
PARK DISTRICT: mixed-used developments. At the southeast intersection of Gillham
Road and Armour Boulevard, it is very easy to walk to and bike to with
ESTABLISHED: 1988 its close proximity to the protected bike lanes on both of the adjacent
ACREAGE: 1.48 acres roadways. There is not any signage identifying it as a KC Park and the
only amenities offered are a memorial bench and trash receptacle. It
is an overall attractive and maintained space with high visibility and
PARK AMENITIES strong sense of safety with a lot of “eyes on the park”. Opportunities for
improvement include:
• Bench (1) • Adding new updated park sign
• Trash Receptacle (1) • Create concrete sidewalks to the bench

PARK ASSESSMENT RATING

RATING KEY: 0-24 ACCEPTABLE; 25-49 POOR; 50-74 GOOD; 75-100 EXCELLENT
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UNACCEPTABLE POOR GOOD EXCELLENT

Comfort/Character-26

Usability-6

Accessibility-9 Amenities-22 TOTAL SCORE

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