Snoqualmie Receives Spotlight Award for Jeanne Hansen Community Park
Published 8:30 am Thursday, June 2, 2016
The Washington Recreation & Parks Association recognized the city of Snoqualmie with a Spotlight Award for Jeanne Hansen Community Park in the “Outdoor Spaces” category.
“The completion of the project at Jeanne Hansen Community Park is clearly a success story of collaboration,” said Larry White, Snoqualmie Parks Crew Chief. “Without the combined efforts of a variety of stakeholders, the park would not have been completed as we see it today.”
The city of Snoqualmie and Pulte Group collaborated to install two synthetic soccer fields instead of the original plans for turf fields. A financial contribution of $168,000 by the Snoqualmie Valley Youth Soccer Association allowed for a third grass field.
This multi-use park is one of three athletic complexes in Snoqualmie along with Centennial Fields and Snoqualmie Community Park. The park totals 16 acres and features two synthetic turf fields, one grass field, a picnic shelter, a tennis court, two playgrounds, a running track, soft-surface nature trails, a concession stand, and restrooms.
Jeanne Hansen Community Park was completed in the spring of 2015. The park is named in honor of former Snoqualmie Mayor Jeanne Hansen, who was instrumental in making the development of the Snoqualmie Ridge master-planned community possible. It has spectacular views of Mount Rainier to the south with the Cascade Mountains to the east.
