PARKS AND FACILITIES

Municipal Parks

	Picnic shelters and tables
	Barbeque grills
	Trails
	Trailhead for the Lacey Woodland Trail
	Lacey Community Center
	Lacey Senior Center
	“White House”
	Long’s Pond features youth fishing from dawn to dusk for youth ages 14 and under, in cooperation with the Washington State Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
	Fishing dock
	Woodland Creek
	Open play area
	Children’s play structure (swings, freestanding net climber, 4 slides, arched loop ladder, cosmic climber, sky wheel, sail roof, climbing wall)
	Toddler play structure (drums, suspension bridge, wave climber, double slide, climbing structures, activity panel)
	Wildlife viewing
	Restroom: yes
	Parking lot

In 1991, the City of Lacey purchased 70 acres with a grant of $488,663 from the Washington State Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation, matched by $488,663 of city funds.  The following year, the city purchased the two acre Feeny Property for $10,140.  A master plan for the park was adopted in 1994. The “White House” was renovated in 1994 at a cost of $42,232 to provide indoor space in the community for programs and activities.  In 1996, the 10,000 square foot Lacey Community Center, portion of the shoreline trail, and parking lot were constructed at a cost of $1.6 million.   The fishing pier on Long’s Pond was constructed with a grant from the Washington State Dept. of Fish and Wildlife in 2000.

After securing over $1 million in funding from four sources (HUD/CDBG Grant $750,000; The Boeing Co. $40,000; Senior Services for South Sound $10,000; and City of Lacey $250,000) necessary to construct a new senior center to replace the Willow Street* Senior Center. (* This building was donated by the Lacey Lions Club to the City in 1970, used for city meetings, including city council meetings, and operated as the Senior Center from 1997-2003) The City broke ground in 2002, and in June of 2003, the 5000-square-foot Lacey Senior Center was dedicated.  The Senior Center is managed and programmed by Senior Services for South Sound in partnership with the City of Lacey who maintains the building and grounds.

In 2007, using $1.85 million in voter approved bonds and $450,000 City of Lacey Parks and Open Space (utility tax revenue) funds, the picnic shelters, restrooms, play equipment, trails, and parking lot were constructed.  The Stream Team has been planting native trees and shrubs along the banks of Woodland Creek to establish a riparian corridor to improve water quality and wildlife habitat since 2007.  School children plant trees in April each year along the corridor to celebrate Arbor Day and learn about the importance of native trees.

In 2009, the Lacey Woodland Trail, a regional trail located along the south side of the park, was constructed.  In the summer of 2010, an asphalt trail connecting a “trailhead in the park” to the Woodland Trail was constructed using RCO grant funds, matched by city funds.

The master plan was reviewed in 2010 with extensive public input, revised to reflect current community need, and adopted by the City Council in December 2010. 

In 2011, the City was awarded a $1,000,000 CDBG to expand the Senior Center.  Construction on a 5344 square foot addition was underway in May of 2012, as at cost of $2,204,000 with city funds and the CDBG. 

For more information, please visit Park Planning and Projects.

Woodland Creek Community Park is the site of the Family Fish In, an event held annually since 1999, in mid-April to promote kids’ fishing, in cooperation with the Washington State Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, GPO (Go Play Outside), Trout Unlimited and other angler organizations, and citizen volunteers.  National Trails Day, the first Saturday in June, is celebrated at Woodland Creek Park with a volunteer trail maintenance project and organized walk, in cooperation with the Woodland Trail Greenway Association and local businesses.