According to the Parks Commission Plan, key sites should be preserved for future park purposes. New parks are proposed in several places. These include:
Northwest Neighborhood
McCarthy Rd. north of Capitol Drive. Developer easement has provided the start for this park location.
Town Hall Municipal Complex Neighborhood
The Town has ample land for providing a neighborhood park for the development around Town Hall.
Gillett Street Neighborhood
North of USH 41. Developement is progressing in the neighborhood and subdvisions on the east side of the stream should be required to dedicate parkland to serve the neighborhood.
Warner Creek Neighborhood—Appleton Alliance Church
The church will be constructing a neighborhood park with addtional sports fields by 2008. The town has authroity to install a parks shelter and restrooms on the site.
Brookview Park
Developer dedication has provided the start for this small neighborhood park.
Long-Term Future Community-Wide Parks
The town will continue to grow to the north of USH 41. In addition to the neighborhood parks needed to serve these new neighborhoods, community parks will also be required for larger-scale parks that will include multiple sports fields and other recreational priorities. the general location of these community-wide parks are:
Community park—CTH JJ between STH 47 and Gillett Street
This park could be used as a buffer area between the commercial and industrial along STH 47 and residential singl-family planned. there are mulitiple streams and wetlands that could be used to increase public open space in this area of town.
Community Park—N. McCarthy Road
This park could be used as a buffer from the single-family development planned for this area and Bubolz Nature Preserve. There are multiple location sthis park could be located along the west side of Bubolz.
