Bagley Community Park Improvements
Thank you to everyone who completed the Bagley Park design survey! Park planners are creating a proposed master plan for the park using your feedback to adjust and refine the designs that were presented. This new design will be ready to share with the community later this spring. Subscribe to this project to receive email updates about future meetings and surveys.
Project Overview
The City of Vancouver is exploring design improvements at Bagley Community Park, to open it up to new opportunities for community use. The City’s existing sports programs will be consolidated to other locations and the softball fields will no longer be required at Bagley Park. We are excited to collaborate with community members to reimagine the entire park to meet the needs of our growing city.
Bagley Park & Fourth Plain for All
In previous community conversations connected to the Fourth Plain for All project, neighbors said:
- Parks and natural areas should provide safe, welcoming spaces for families and friends to play, exercise and celebrate together.
- Investments in parks and natural areas are important.
The new Bagley Park master plan will create amenities and programs that improve the parks system in Vancouver and represent the culturally vibrant Fourth Plain community.
Bagley Community Park is a 16.19-acre community park in the Bagley Downs Neighborhood of central Vancouver and headwaters of Headache Creek. The site is relatively flat with a steeper section along the north edge fronting Nicholson Road. Wetlands associated with the headwaters of Headache Creek are in the northwest corner.
Bagley Park serves central Vancouver, including Bagley Downs, Fourth Plain Village, Meadow Homes and Maplewood neighborhood associations. The park borders Vancouver Public School’s Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School; Jim Parsley Community Center; and the Bates Center for Educational Leadership.
Bagley Park was previously home to many of Vancouver’s recreational youth and adult sports leagues. Currently, the park design includes three softball fields, two soccer fields, playground, basketball court, restroom, picnic tables, benches, paths, landscaping and irrigation.
Bagley Community Park is ready to be shaped into a new gathering space that celebrates and enhances Vancouver’s Fourth Plain international district.
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Removing the softball fields at Bagley Park means there will be a lot of room to grow and cultivate new ways for the community to use the park. Do you want to see more big events at the park? Would a fenced dog park or a fitness course make your life better? What kind of play areas would you like to have for your kids? Tell us how you would like to use Bagley Park in the future.
View All Ideas9 months ago
Food trucks
Add a spot where local businesses can provide food for a spontaneous park picnic experience
9 months ago
Shade trees, native plants, dog park
10 months ago
Whatever goes in please make sure there is shade and benches. I love the splash pad idea or some sort of water feature. Castle theme playgro
Castle themed or some sort of themed playground the kids love the dino park (although it needs shade and more benches)
10 months ago
Inclusive neighborhood park
Bagley park has been my community park for the past eleven years. I’m very excited to see it revamped because my community deserves better. Here are my suggestions: 1. More picnic tables/covered picnic areas and grills. It seems like every weekend in summer the tables that are currently there are being used by families who have parties there. The tables allow for larger families to gather and BBQ and it is close by for kids to play on the structure. I would say this is highly important to keep and improve because it is frequently used and allows families to be together, because often there are no other places available like this nearby. 2. Paved track area or walking area. The number of people that walk throughout the park is wonderful to see, but the current path along the forest is bumpy and not accessible for those with wheelchairs. Improving this is essential as many VPS employees walk through the area during their lunch, and community members walk there in the evenings. One of the fields could be turned into a mile long track. 3. New basketball hoops and goal posts. The basketball area is always being used but the hoops are very old. Increasing the number of basketball areas would be great, because more people would Be able to play. Also, the big fields are often utilized by kids practicing soccer and also unified sports, so more goal posts/an actual playing field would be great. 4. Dog area. Many owners currently used the baseball fields and someone proposed that could be turned into a dog area, I second this idea. One baseball field can be kept if needed but we don’t need two, especially because they aren’t as frequently used for baseball as they are for other things. If the area is converted to a dog area place include trash cans and bags. Also sprinklers so the grass is alive during summer time. 5. More benches/seating in the park area so families can watch their kids. 6. Accessible playground. The newer parks in Vancouver should be used to design the play structure here. 7. Repaved parking lot. 8. More trash areas. Someone mentioned there was only one and can often overflow. Adding more and a can for recycling would help with litter and trash. 9. New bathrooms. Current bathrooms are unsafe. 10. Improved lighting/more areas lit. Especially for night time and overall safety. 11. Community garden. This park is loved by many and seeking community input is essential! Host a meeting there on a weekend to get in person feedback and advertise in multiple languages:)
9 months ago
Area for a farmers market/events
Who's Listening
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Phone 360-487-8306 Email Melody.Burton@cityofvancouver.us
