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.
be located in the Edge Homes The Riverton City Parks, development adjacent to the Welby Recreation and Trails Committee Jacobs Canal, south of 13400 S will be actively reviewing ideas and just north of 13800 S. This for park design and amenities to will be a 10-acre recommend to the park and will adjoin Riverton City Council. a public park in The addition of these “If you have ideas Herriman being built new parks is an on what you’d like to the south of 13800 exciting opportunity for to see at these S. The second new the city, and we want to park will be located make sure we get them parks, please feel at the northwest right. If you have ideas free to reach out intersection of Old on what you’d like to to me or your Liberty Way (4050 see at these parks, councilmember.” W) and Majestic Rise please feel free to Parkway (13200 reach out to me or your S). This park will councilmember. be 16-acres in size and will be considered a regional park. I invite you and your family to take a moment this summer to explore The city and developers are still in the parks you haven’t been to the early stages of planning these in Riverton. You can find a full parks, but we hope they will add listing of parks and amenities at incredible value to the community. rivertonutah.gov/parks.
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