July 2022
RIVERTON REVIEW Official Newsletter of the Riverton, Utah City Government MAYOR’S MESSAGE
Park Updates and New Park Plans By Mayor Trent Staggs Riverton is home to 33 city parks and over 470 acres of city-owned public green space. Over the course of the last year and half, we’ve seen some exciting updates take place at some of our parks that I wanted to make you aware of. The most exciting update has taken place at Riverton City Park. We’ve added an additional four pickleball courts to the park, bringing the total number of courts at the park to eight. These additional courts will allow more residents to enjoy the game of pickleball on a more regular basis. This
A new 10-acre park will be built in the Edge Homes development adjacent to the Welby Jacobs Canal, south of 13400 S.
expansion will allow us to host more pickleball tournaments moving forward. The addition of these courts necessitated that the sand volleyball court be moved. It has been relocated just to the south of the tennis courts. New playground equipment has been installed, or is being installed, this year at the following parks: Monarch Meadows Park, Morning Cloak Park and Peggy Green Park. These are in addition to new playgrounds that were installed in 2021 at Autumn Hills Park, Oquirrh Park and Swensen Farms Park. The splash pad at Old Farm Park was also updated in 2021. We strive to include funding for playground replacements for three or four parks each year. Looking to the future, Riverton will be home to two brand new parks within the next couple years on the west side of town. The first will
A new 16-acre park will be built at the northwest intersection of Old Liberty Way (4050 W) and Majestic Rise Parkway (13200 S).
RIVERTON REVIEW | JULY 2022
Four newly completed pickleball courts at Riverton City park brings the park total to eight.
The Riverton City Parks, be located in the Edge Homes Recreation and Trails Committee development adjacent to the Welby will be actively reviewing ideas Jacobs Canal, south of 13400 S for park design and amenities to and just north of 13800 S. This recommend to the will be a 10-acre Riverton City Council. park and will adjoin The addition of these a public park in “If you have ideas new parks is an Herriman being built on what you’d like exciting opportunity for to the south of 13800 to see at these the city, and we want to S. The second new make sure we get them park will be located parks, please feel right. If you have ideas at the northwest free to reach out on what you’d like to intersection of Old to me or your see at these parks, Liberty Way (4050 councilmember.” please feel free to W) and Majestic Rise reach out to me or your Parkway (13200 councilmember. S). This park will be 16-acres in size and will be I invite you and your family to take considered a regional park. a moment this summer to explore the parks you haven’t been to The city and developers are still in in Riverton. You can find a full the early stages of planning these listing of parks and amenities at parks, but we hope they will add rivertonutah.gov/parks. incredible value to the community.
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