Clinton Community Park Planning

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It’s no secret the Clinton Community Park has needed a facelift for a while now. As the property owners of this park, Missoula County secured resources from the Environmental Protection Agency in 2022 to conduct a Targeted Brownfields Assessment for the park. After months of community engagement in Clinton -- including community, stakeholder and school board meetings, a school assembly and a public open house -- Missoula County Parks, Trails and Open Lands and the EPA drafted a Clinton Community Park Reuse Plan. The plan features a conceptual design for the park, including developing a skatepark and rehabilitating the community center. In addition, the plan includes a proposal to connect the community park to the Clinton Conservation Park, a 22-acre undeveloped green space to the south along the Clark Fork River. The reuse plan also aims to protect the local ecology as new development occurs and to be a sustainable and climate-resilient site, using best management practices, such as implementing native plantings and sustainable materials where feasible when developing.

A Clinton Community Park Working Group also formed from the community workshops associated with the development of the reuse plan. The Working Group is focused on ensuring the recent park planning process translates into near‐term improvements. Participants include the Clinton School District, local community organizers and representatives of the regional skateboarding community. The skatepark is the Working Group’s inaugural effort and the first capital campaign at Clinton Community Park in over 20 years. Since early 2023, the Working Group has actively fundraised for the project. In Aug. 3, 2023, the Working Group, in collaboration with PTOL staff, had raised $110,861 of cash and in-kind donations to compliment the $100,000 committed to the project by the Montana Pool Service (Jeff Arment's nonprofit), and $50,000 by the Montana Skatepark Association. Since then, the Working Group, in collaboration with PTOL staff, has raised an additional $50,475 of cash and grant contributions towards supporting amenities, maintenance seed funding and Clinton School skate camps. With this funding, supporting amenities will be or already have been established, such as a parking lot off Silver Street; garbage service and portable restroom facilities; and installation of fencing along Silver Street and around the perimeter of the newly established parking area.

The reuse plan, which outlines the next steps for reactivation of the site, was adopted by the Missoula County commissioners at a public meeting in June 2023. The first phase of this reuse plan was the Clinton Skatepark, which had its grand opening on June 1, 2024.

Keep in mind this park plan has a few project areas, which are being tackled separately, though simultaneously: the skatepark, the community center and development of additional amenities.

Read the details on each section of this park, ask questions, follow this project to hear about future engagement opportunities, and check in on the community’s working group for this park on Facebook.

Let us know your questions on the Clinton Community Park and follow this project for future engagement opportunities.

It’s no secret the Clinton Community Park has needed a facelift for a while now. As the property owners of this park, Missoula County secured resources from the Environmental Protection Agency in 2022 to conduct a Targeted Brownfields Assessment for the park. After months of community engagement in Clinton -- including community, stakeholder and school board meetings, a school assembly and a public open house -- Missoula County Parks, Trails and Open Lands and the EPA drafted a Clinton Community Park Reuse Plan. The plan features a conceptual design for the park, including developing a skatepark and rehabilitating the community center. In addition, the plan includes a proposal to connect the community park to the Clinton Conservation Park, a 22-acre undeveloped green space to the south along the Clark Fork River. The reuse plan also aims to protect the local ecology as new development occurs and to be a sustainable and climate-resilient site, using best management practices, such as implementing native plantings and sustainable materials where feasible when developing.

A Clinton Community Park Working Group also formed from the community workshops associated with the development of the reuse plan. The Working Group is focused on ensuring the recent park planning process translates into near‐term improvements. Participants include the Clinton School District, local community organizers and representatives of the regional skateboarding community. The skatepark is the Working Group’s inaugural effort and the first capital campaign at Clinton Community Park in over 20 years. Since early 2023, the Working Group has actively fundraised for the project. In Aug. 3, 2023, the Working Group, in collaboration with PTOL staff, had raised $110,861 of cash and in-kind donations to compliment the $100,000 committed to the project by the Montana Pool Service (Jeff Arment's nonprofit), and $50,000 by the Montana Skatepark Association. Since then, the Working Group, in collaboration with PTOL staff, has raised an additional $50,475 of cash and grant contributions towards supporting amenities, maintenance seed funding and Clinton School skate camps. With this funding, supporting amenities will be or already have been established, such as a parking lot off Silver Street; garbage service and portable restroom facilities; and installation of fencing along Silver Street and around the perimeter of the newly established parking area.

The reuse plan, which outlines the next steps for reactivation of the site, was adopted by the Missoula County commissioners at a public meeting in June 2023. The first phase of this reuse plan was the Clinton Skatepark, which had its grand opening on June 1, 2024.

Keep in mind this park plan has a few project areas, which are being tackled separately, though simultaneously: the skatepark, the community center and development of additional amenities.

Read the details on each section of this park, ask questions, follow this project to hear about future engagement opportunities, and check in on the community’s working group for this park on Facebook.

Page last updated: 15 Jul 2024, 03:55 PM