By Monica D. Spencer | inMaricopa
After sitting on the bench for a couple of years, Maricopa’s next park has finally made its preliminary debut.
Maricopa City Council and the Parks and Recreation Committee held a joint meeting last night at the Maricopa Library and Cultural Center to preview and discuss plans for Park 48, a new 55-acre park just east of City Hall.
Previously called both Iconic Park and Civic Center Park, the planned space is vast, imaginative and colorful. Its centerpiece surrounds a 3.43-acre body of water dubbed Maricopa Wells Lake, framed by playgrounds, splash pads, rock-climbing areas and a zip line. Designers envision Sedona-style rock monuments and towering cloud-like shade structures, with sections named after popular Arizona attractions.
“It’s been a fantastic process, but one of the things we talked about was this love letter to Arizona, this love letter to Maricopa,” said Jeff Velasquez, principal landscape architect of J2 Design. “We want it to be a destination, a truly iconic space that isn’t really seen anywhere else through Arizona.”
