- Created: 08 September 2021
- Updated: 25 July 2022
- Published: 09 September 2021
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2022 PIAC Submission: Water Play, Hill Slide, Karnes Curbs
Our 2021 PIAC Presentation includes MOST of our 2022 request: Click to watch.Since it was founded the Roanoke Park Conservancy has worked with the parks department to seek PIAC funding for improvements throughout the park with great success. These requests have aligned with the 2011 Master Plan, and benefited from the strong support of nearby neighborhoods. The focus of the past few years has been improving the "south meadow," the lobe of the park southwest of the community center. These improvements include: renewing the tennis courts, new sidewalks, additional lighting, and entry pillars and signage.
The Roanoke Park Conservancy's 2020 PIAC request was only partially funded. Our 2021 request repeated and refined some elements, and added exciting new components.
In 2022 our PIAC request includes exciting improvements to the South Meadow and fixing curbs and seeping water on Karnes Blvd.
We hope to add amenities to the tennis court / playground area including: a path around the back side of the tennis courts to view the cliffs and a planned pollinator planting; and a hand-pump water play area on the north corner of the tennis courts, and a big slide coming down from the stairs north of the tennis court. Because of the unique natural setting (bluffs, caves, and springs) we feel this provides a unique and inclusive play opportunity for all ages and abilities, especially younger children in Kansas City’s urban core. More fun, and more ways to enjoy Roanoke Park.
Click the image below for a pdf of the 2022 request. Our 2021 video presentation at the top of this page includes explanation of the South Meadow elements. The Karnes Curbs issue is this: Several springwater seeps are leaking water onto the sidewalk across from the Karnes playground and onto the roadway. In winter these become dangerous ice patches. A double curb in envisioned to direct water to the existing stormwater inlet near the western end of this series of seeps. Apart from the springwater issue, the existing curbs are failing.
Roanoke Park Conservancy’s 2021 PIAC win: Bat-Friendly Cave Improvements, with MDC help.
The PIAC committee granted funding for improving the cave entrance with bat-friendly grating and interpretive signage! Additional funding was sought and awarded through a Missouri Department of Conservation Community Conservation grant. We're currently working with the parks department to coordinate the project.
- Created: 08 September 2021
- Updated: 29 September 2021
- Published: 09 September 2021
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2021 PIAC Submission: Water Play, Bat-Friendly Cave, Hill Slide
2021 PIAC Presentation: Click to watch.Since it was founded the Roanoke Park Conservancy has worked with the parks department to seek PIAC funding for improvements throughout the park with great success. These requests have aligned with the 2011 Master Plan, and benefited from the strong support of nearby neighborhoods. The focus of the past few years has been improving the "south meadow," the lobe of the park southwest of the community center. These improvements include: renewing the tennis courts, new sidewalks, additional lighting, and entry pillars and signage.
The Roanoke Park Conservancy's 2020 PIAC request was only partially funded, so our 2021 request repeats and refines some elements, and adds exciting new components.
The Roanoke Park Conservancy’s 2021 PIAC requests exciting improvements to the South Meadow.
We hope to add amenities to the tennis court / playground area including: a path around the back side of the tennis courts to view the cliffs and a planned pollinator planting; and a hand-pump water play area on the north corner of the tennis courts, improving the cave entrance with bat-friendly grating and interpretive signage and a big slide coming down from the stairs north of the tennis court.
Because of the unique natural setting (bluffs, caves, and springs) we feel this provides a unique and inclusive play opportunity for all ages and abilities, especially younger children in Kansas City’s urban core. More fun, and more ways to enjoy Roanoke Park.
Click the images below of the 2021 request to download pdfs. For explanation, watch the video presentation at the top of this page.
- Created: 08 October 2020
- Updated: 17 February 2021
- Published: 09 October 2020
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South Meadow Concept: A big slide into sand, play boulders and seating, and a path behind the tennis courts along a pollinator planting.
South Meadow Concept Submitted to PIAC
Since it was founded the Roanoke Park Conservancy has worked with the parks department to seek PIAC funding for improvements throughout the park with great success. These requests have aligned with the 2011 Master Plan, and benefited from the strong support of nearby neighborhoods. The focus of the past few years has been improving the "south meadow," the lobe of the park southwest of the community center. These improvements include: renewing the tennis courts, new sidewalks, additional lighting, and entry pillars and signage.
The Roanoke Park Conservancy’s 2020 PIAC request was for further improvements to the South Meadow.
We hope to add amenities to the tennis court / playground area including: a path around the back side of the tennis courts to view the cliffs and a planned pollinator planting; and a sand play area south of the tennis courts with a naturalistic play set and a big slide coming down from the sidewalk.
Because of the unique natural setting (bluffs, caves, and springs) we feel this provides a unique and inclusive play opportunity for all ages and abilities, especially younger children in Kansas City’s urban core. More fun, and more ways to enjoy Roanoke Park.
Click the images below to view pdf documents of the 2020 request.
- Created: 08 March 2020
- Updated: 17 February 2021
- Published: 09 March 2020
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New tennis courts are on the way. Click for more pictures.
Roanoke Park Continues to Benefit from Public Infrastructure Advisory Committee Funds
Since it was founded the Roanoke Park Conservancy has worked with the parks department to seek PIAC funding for improvements throughout the park with great success. These requests have aligned with the 2011 Master Plan, and benefited from the strong support of nearby neighborhoods. The focus of the past few years has been improving the "south meadow," the lobe of the park southwest of the community center. These improvements include: renewing the tennis courts, new sidewalks, additional lighting, and entry pillars and signage.
The south meadow shows the results and more are on the way! Hopeful signs of good days after we make it through together.
Currently funded PIAC improvements will add to the already completed work within Roanoke Park’s south meadow: the 2014 playground replacement, the new sidewalk and lighting along the north side, the winding ADA sidewalk between the tennis courts / playground and the west entrance, and replacing the handrails on the north staircase. In 2018 we requested solving the erosion problems and shortcut paths along the winding sidewalk with durable flagstone paving, and entrance pillars / lighting at the southwest entrance. Those projects are winding their way through the process and may come to fruition later in 2020.
Most dramatically, this summer and fall you can expect to see the fruits of earlier PIAC requests in the form of NEW TENNIS COURTS. Yes, they will also be striped for PICKLEBALL. The purchase order for the tennis court contractor has been approved and pending any unforeseen delays (which there are a lot of these days) work should proceed in the months ahead!
In 2019, another master plan aligned request was made to continue the momentum: we hope to add amenities to the tennis court / playground area including: a naturalistic water play area as well as adult and family play areas next to the soon to be rehabilitated tennis courts. A future option is a new slide for the playground coming down through the trees next to the north staircase.
Click the images below to view pdf documents of the 2019 request. Unfortunately we have learned that the below request was not approved. We will reformulate it to refine the plans and TRY AGAIN next year.
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