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sheffield
park
SITE LOCATION: 6900 E. 12th St. STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, & OPPORTUNITIES
CLASSIFICATION: Park Located in the Sheffield neighborhood at the northwest corner of E. 12th
COUNCIL DISTRICT: 4 Street and Winchester Avenue, Sheffield Park is adjacent to both single-
QLID
PARK DISTRICT: family residential and industrial land uses. The park offers a playground,
picnic shelter, tennis courts, basketball courts, and ample open green
ESTABLISHED: 1913 space for athletic fields. The park provides clear lines of sight as well as
ACREAGE: 11.24 acres scattered pockets of mature trees which provide shade. Opportunities
for improvement include:
• A park loop trail to connect all park amenities with surrounding
PARK AMENITIES public streets.
• Additional seating and picnic tables
• Basketball Courts (2) • Remove one of the old backstops and replace the other
• Benches (3) • Resurface the tennis courts and consider pickleball
• Diamond Fields (2)
• Drinking Fountain (1)
• Grills (2)
• Old Park Sign (1)
• Pedestrian Lighting (3) PARK ASSESSMENT RATING
• Picnic Shelter (1) RATING KEY: 0-24 ACCEPTABLE; 25-49 POOR; 50-74 GOOD; 75-100 EXCELLENT
• Picnic Tables (4)
• Playground (1) UNACCEPTABLE POOR ✓ GOOD EXCELLENT
• Rectangular Fields (1)
• Tennis Courts (2)
• Trash Receptacles (2)
Comfort/Character-26
Usability-10
Accessibility-14 Amenities-17 TOTAL SCORE
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