Prosper’s $26M park nears completion From the cover
What you need to know
Playground
Open space
Once fully built out, Raymond Community Park will include tennis and pickleball courts, baseball fields, batting cages, multipurpose fields, a playground and a community garden. Prosper officials broke ground on the park in January 2024. The project has faced delays and cost increases due to inflation, construction timing and field sod issues, Parks and Recreation Director Dan Baker said. Since December 2024, Town Council has approved five funding increases for park upgrades, including improved trails, infrastructure and lighting with more to come for a water well and pumps for operations. Baker said the park will open in phases, noting the tennis and pickleball courts opened for daylight use in January as the first completed amenities. Baker said the playground and trails are expected to open in late February, followed by the lighted multipurpose fields and baseball fields in late spring or early summer. In September, Town Council delayed approval of the project’s recent funding increase as council members had concerns about escalating costs and the project’s timeline.
Lighted ballfields
Trail loop
Batting cages
Multiuse fields
Multiuse fields
Tennis & pickleball courts
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The big picture
The park’s construction was also supported by a $950,000 donation from the Prosper Area Soccer Organization for lighting the multipurpose fields, which PASO President Robert Patrick said the organization partially funded using their member- ship fees. “If you don’t have lights, you can’t use the field,” Patrick said. “Any registration fees, any excess we have, it is the community’s money, so it’s simply going back in the ways that we think are most effective.”
WEEKLY CAMPS IN JUNE & JULY M-F 8-12PM AGES 6-12 WEEKLY CAMPS IN JUNE & JULY M-F 8-12PM AGES 6-12 the 2025 election. “We’re not going to build new facilities, so that means no new pickleball courts, no new basketball courts, no new tennis courts for the near feature,” Bristol said. “There’ll be no additional parks that will be coming online during the intervening period.” The proposition would have funded construc- tion of a future park near Windsong Ranch, additional pickleball and tennis courts, improved trail connections, and upgraded playgrounds.
Baker said the park’s scope expanded as con- struction progressed, allowing staff to add features such as pickleball courts and field lighting. “I’ve been hearing about ‘We want pickleball’ since I got here,” Baker said. “This is an addition of eight courts, and we’re seeing them get used all the time.” Mayor David Bristol said Raymond will be the last park to come online for at least the next three years because of the failure of Prosper’s $24 million parks and recreation bond proposition in
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