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Trago Park to reopen to public

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By the Lincoln Journal Star

Friday, Aug 22, 2008 - 01:06:20 am CDT

Trago Park at 22nd and U streets will reopen to the public Friday, Mayor Chris Beutler said.The Trago Park master plan committee also recommended that the history of the Malone community be preserved.  Dr. Tekla Ali Johnson, a Lincoln native and assistant professor of history at Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina, was hired to research the area. She will present her findings to the public at 7 p.m. Aug. 28 at the Malone Center, 2032 U St.  Historic and artistic interpretations of her research will be incorporated into the park.

Beutler will turn on the new sprayground feature for the first time at a ceremony at 4 p.m. The site also features a new playground and plaza area, updated site furnishings and irrigation.

The free sprayground will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays for the rest of August and September as weather allows.  It also will be open Labor Day.  A grand opening for the park is planned for next spring.

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“The sprayground is unlike anything else in the city, and we are anxious to have families in the surrounding neighborhoods enjoy it,” Beutler said in a release.

The project began in 2006, when a committee met to develop a master plan for the park. Changes were necessary because of the Antelope Valley Project construction and channel alignment on the west side of the park.

Park construction began earlier this year and work on other improvements continues. Nearby Union Plaza, a city park and recreation area, is expected to be completed in 2010.

Funding for the renovation of Trago Park was provided by city of Lincoln Antelope Valley  funds (Keno revenue), Community Development Block Grant funds, the Lincoln Cares program and the Cornhusker Kiwanis Club.  The Cornhusker Kiwanis Club also is volunteering to assist with landscape establishment and maintenance throughout the fall.


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About Time wrote on August 22, 2008 9:37 am:
" Good to see the renovation but a shame that the rush was put on to showcase this the opening day of the State Fair and prior to football season. Would have been nice if the neighborhood you would have been able to use this during the summer. I'm assuming if this was in a different part of town the rush and completion would have been much timelier! "

 Brock Landers wrote on August 22, 2008 10:14 am:
" Nice... open it just in time for it to have to be closed down for the season. Hopefully it will still be intact come next summer; the homeless and winos in the area need a place to shower! "

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