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Figure 4.4: Cypress Park

Greenway or Sherrydale Park could provide appear to be closed to park uses and perhaps
valuable connectivity between neighborhoods. even sold or leased. The latter, Eastwood Park,
Investment in some of the older or lightly is one of the district’s natural parks or greenways.
developed parks such as Clayton or Frank Vaydik The majority of this district’s parks rest in that
Park could boost the activity in these valuable “Fair” category between 51 and 75 points and
existing green spaces. provide a mix of both iconic and blighted spaces
with problems such as litter, illegal dumping, and
Council District #3 vandalism. They include park properties with
high visibility and occasional heavy use such
The 48 park properties, totaling 1,057 acres, as Satchel Paige Memorial Stadium (62), Brush
located in Council District #3 featured an average Creek Park (49) Blue Valley Park (59), Cypress
score of 61.8 out of 100. Despite scoring at a Park (58), Lykins Square (67), and Van Brunt Park
very similar level to the parks in District #2, the (73). With few exceptions, these parks serve
make up of parks in Council District #3 is radically existing nearby neighborhoods with a need for
different from its Northland neighbor across the vibrant green spaces. In this district, maintenance
river. Almost all the park properties in this central is not prioritized. This area would benefit from
portion of the city are developed and probably the more money and focus towards upkeep. Not all
most urbanized of any district in Kansas City. The of these parks are going to receive the injection
highest scoring park property in all of Kansas City, of funding that The Parade did when it become
The Parade, with a score of 94, can be found here. the site of the MLB-financed Kansas City Urban
Other notable high performing properties include Youth Academy. However, not all of these
Independence Plaza, (84), Seven Oaks Park (83) parks need that infusion of money. There are
and Dunbar Park (78). The lowest performing on-going master plan efforts that will propose
properties in this district were Raytown Road improvements to the Brush Creek Greenway
Athletic Field (33), Belvidere Park (34), and and Blue Valley Park. However, neighborhood
Eastwood Park (35). The former two properties parks such as Chelsea, Harmony, Ivanhoe, Lykins,

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