Land Acquisition - Path to 500 Acres

In 2004, Olympia voters passed a funding measure to increase the private utility tax 2% for the purchase of land, development and maintenance of parks. A goal of the funding measure was to purchase approximately 500 acres of land by 2024. As of September 2017, the City has acquired 339 acres toward this goal, bringing Olympia's total park inventory to 1,242 acres.

The 2016 Parks, Arts and Recreation Plan Capital Investment Strategy plans for a new athletic field community park site and 10 new neighborhood park sites to be purchased in the next 10 years.

Park Land Acquired Since 2004

Listing of Park Land Acquired

Park Property	Year Acquired	Acres
Evergreen Park	2005	3.99
Olympia Woodland Trail Expansion (Whittiker Parcel)	2005	9.20
8th Avenue Parcel	2006	3.99
Kettle View Park	2007	4.80
Ward Lake Parcel	2007	9.14
West Bay Park	2007	17.04
Grass Lake Expansion (Loete Parcel)	2007	7.97
Heritage Park Fountain Expansion	2007	0.07
Madison Scenic Park	2007	2.21
Log Cabin Road Parcel	2010	2.35
Harrison Avenue Parcel	2011	24.00
Artesian Commons Park	2013	0.20
Olympia Woodland Trail Expansion (Leo Donation)	2013	0.89
Isthmus Parcels	2013	2.34
Grass Lake Expansion (Adjacent to Rite Aid)	2015	21.04
Springwood Drive Parcel (Bowen Donation)	2015	3.19
Olympia Woodland Trail (Cammarano Donation)	2015	2.39
Yew Ave Parcel (Hawthorne)	2016	2.98
Kaiser Woods Parcel	2016	75.00
LBA Woods Parcel (Trillium)	2016	73.89
West Bay Woods Parcel (Wirth)	2016	1.14
LBA Woods Parcel (Bentridge)	2017	59.00
Olympia Woodland Trail Expansion (Thysell Donation)	2017	1.86
Olympia Woodland Trail Expansion (Morgan Donation)	2017	2.57
West Bay Woods Parcel (Floberg)	2017	1.61
Olympia Woodland Trail Expansion (Thurston County Parcels)	2017	6.57
Total Acres Acquired Since 2004		339.43

Funding Measure Fact Sheets

2004 Parks & Pathways Funding Measure Fact Sheet

2016 Metropolitan Park District (OMPD) Fact Sheet

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