Residents have the chance to make a lasting impact on Noblesville as the city has announced a contest to name the next park.
Currently being referred to as West Gateway Park, this future 6.4-acre park will be just west of the White River in the area bordered by Ind. 19, Conner Street/Ind. 32, and Nixon and Logan streets.
“We never intended to have West Gateway Park be the name. It’s one we knew we wanted public input,” City Spokeswoman Cara Culp said.
Culp said this is the first time the city has gone to the public for naming assistance.
“We thought it would be a great way to get community feedback,” she said. “The park is for the community and for them to feel a part of it the first step is inviting participation to name the park.”
Culp said any member of the public age 18 or older is invited to submit an entry for this contest. Residents and non-residents alike are invited to participate. People may enter more than one suggestion for the name of the park. Courtesy of Klipsch Music Center, Culp said the winner will receive two tickets to any concert in the 2014 season lineup after July 31.
Entries, which are being accepted now, may be submitted through any of the following methods:
• Visit www.cityofnoblesville.org and submit a suggestion electronically.
• Submit a paper ballot at one of the parks department’s free Thursday night concerts on June 26 and July 10, 17 and 24.
• Submit a paper ballot at City Hall, 16 S. 10th St., or the parks department’s office inside Forest Park Inn, 701 Cicero Rd., from now until 4:30 p.m. July 24. Each office is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Culp said each entry will be time and date stamped. In the event that more than one person submits the same name for the park and that name is chosen, then the person who first submitted that name will win the contest.
A panel of five city and parks officials will review the suggestions and select one. Culp said the winning name will announced at the final summer concert on July 31 at Forest Park.
“We expect so many great options. It will be a hard choice,” she said.
Plans are still being finalized for the park design. Culp said West Gateway Park will have its groundbreaking ceremony next spring. The park is expected to open in spring 2016.
For more information, contact Noblesville Parks Director Brandon Bennett at 776-6350.
