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Jacob
loose
park
SITE LOCATION: 5200 Wornall STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, & OPPORTUNITIES
CLASSIFICATION: Park Kansas City’s most heavily used regional park without an athletic
COUNCIL DISTRICT: 4 campus other than Swope Park. Loose Park has a large array of
South
PARK DISTRICT: offerings for visitors. The park hosts multiple public and private events
throughout the year and receives many regional users of its amenities,
ESTABLISHED: 1927 such as its Rose Garden, pond, Civil War history, loop trail, and open
ACREAGE: 74.08 acres lawn areas. This active park is very well maintained, though there is
some vandalism on the light poles around the pond. Until recently, this
PARK AMENITIES park received routine supplemental private funding. With its generous
amount of space, beauty and location, there are a high number of
• Benches (73) opportunities for revenue at this park. Opportunities for improvement
• Bicycle Racks (2) include:
• Bridge (3) • Repairing/covering up vandalism
• Drinking Fountain (2) • Repair/replace playground surfacing
• Fountain (3) • Modernize playground
• Grills (6)
• Landmark (4)
• Old Park Sign (2) PARK ASSESSMENT RATING
• Park Loop Trail (1) RATING KEY: 0-24 ACCEPTABLE; 25-49 POOR; 50-74 GOOD; 75-100 EXCELLENT
• Parking Lighting (16)
• Parking Lot (4) UNACCEPTABLE POOR GOOD ✓ EXCELLENT
• Pedestrian Lighting (81)
• Picnic Shelter (1)
• Picnic Tables (28)
• Playground (2)
• Pond (1)
• Public Art (3) Comfort/Character-32
• Regulatory Sign (8) Usability-14
• Restrooms (Permanent) (2)
• Shade Structures (3)
• Splash Pad (1) Accessibility-20 Amenities-27 TOTAL SCORE
• Tennis Courts (4)
• Trash Receptacles (35) 93
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