Conestoga Pines Park & Walnut Street Fishing Area Master Plan
The City is preparing a Master Plan for the Conestoga Pines Park and Walnut Street fishing area. Conestoga Pines is recognized as an integral part of the City park system, providing connections to natural wooded areas and the Conestoga River. Programming from the Lancaster Recreation Commission ensures active use of the space with day camps and the city’s only full-size swimming pool. The revitalization of parks within Lancaster is an ongoing program designed to improve amenities and accessibility, provide a variety of recreational opportunities, and encourage individual and family use of natural and recreational areas, as well as integrate park improvements with other City initiatives such as natural resource conservation, increased tree canopy, expanded bike and pedestrian facilities/trails, and public education and involvement.
Public input will be solicited in various ways from residents and park users to identify the general needs and values regarding these outdoors spaces. This input will be used to identify potential improvements and redevelopment of the park, which will then be presented to the public for additional feedback. This feedback will be used to refine the plan which will then be finalized. This Master Plan will then be used to develop projects that can be implemented.
Phases
Final Plan Presentation and Community Feedback
During this phase of the project, we will hold a public meeting to present the Pre-Final Master Plan (meeting was held on 2/7/23).
Here online, we want your feedback on the Plan Designs and Park Programming. Before responding to the survey below be sure to review the presentation materials from the February 7, 2023 meeting.
See the presentation here.
A note from Steve Campbell, Director of Public Works, about the pool:
"The City of Lancaster is committed to maintaining uninterrupted access to a City pool, although in the long term the pool may not stay in its current location. As you can see in the presentation, and most of you are probably aware, the pool sits within the floodplain which is problematic on a number of levels. For this reason, we’ve asked the consultants to consider what the site may look like with or without the pool at the current location. We will be studying this further during development of the Citywide Parks and Open Space Plan and encourage everyone to participate in that planning effort.”
Please note this timeline and the dates for each phase are subject to change.
Take the survey
Upcoming and ongoing events
Past events
Event date: February 7th, 2023 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM.
Lancaster Recreation Center 525 Fairview Avenue Lancaster
Event date: December 2nd, 2021 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
Lancaster Recreation Commission