Town Center: Heritage Park Master Plan & Alley Activation
The City of Sumner has applied for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP-2024-0005) for a phased redevelopment of the Reuben A. Knoblauch Heritage Park block. Please visit the hyperlink for pertinent information on how to view and comment. The files are also available in the documents section under CUP-2024-0005 folder.
Background:
In 2022-2023, JETT Landscape Architecture + Design worked with us and all of you to re-imagine Reuben Knoblauch Heritage Park as a more active, useful heart of the city, for special events and every day use. They also designed improvements for the adjacent alley, naming it Hops Alley, to serveContinue reading
The City of Sumner has applied for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP-2024-0005) for a phased redevelopment of the Reuben A. Knoblauch Heritage Park block. Please visit the hyperlink for pertinent information on how to view and comment. The files are also available in the documents section under CUP-2024-0005 folder.
Background:
In 2022-2023, JETT Landscape Architecture + Design worked with us and all of you to re-imagine Reuben Knoblauch Heritage Park as a more active, useful heart of the city, for special events and every day use. They also designed improvements for the adjacent alley, naming it Hops Alley, to serve as a flexible event space and for a more accessible and inviting parking area for its day use.
At 30% design, the resulting concepts are here for you to explore in photos and videos. Now, in 2024, JETT continues that design so that we have plans for both the alley and park ready for construction in the future. This design phase is funded with a grant from Pierce County Lodging Tax. Please continue to visit this page and provide input as we move closer to making these concepts a reality for downtown Sumner.
These redesigns originated in 2020-2021 with the Main Street Visioning Plan, which you can still visit. That plan also identified rebuilding the roads around Heritage Park as plaza-level woonerfs, which was completed in 2023 as part of the Town Center Utility Woonerf project. It also prioritized purchasing the last privately held portion of the block at 902 Kincaid, which the City completed in 2022.
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CLOSED: This survey has concluded.
Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey. Heritage Park is the heart of our community, and we would like your help to design a space that meets the needs and values of the community. Keep in mind this survey asks you questions about how to reimagine what has been known as Heritage Park along with the addition of our recent purchase of 902 Kincaid, the former “post office” building on the same block. The survey also asks questions about the alley that connects Kincaid to Alder Avenues just south of Main St.
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CLOSED: This survey has concluded.
The first phase of the Heritage Park Master Plan & Alley Activation project engaged the community to collect ideas and preferences regarding what is currently loved and well used in the vicinity of the project as well as what problems and concerns may exist regarding the project. The preferences for events and programming, amenities, character and aesthetic, wayfinding and storytelling have led to two alternatives for Heritage Park. Please take a few minutes to get familiar with each alternative in the "Documents" section of the main page before taking this survey.
Documents
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CUP-2024-0005 Heritage Park
- 2024-07-23-Heritage Park-CUP Narrative-Version 1.0_v1.pdf (169 KB) (pdf)
- Conditional-Use-Permit-Application 20240724 SIGNED_v1.pdf (271 KB) (pdf)
- Design-Commission-Plan-Packet.pdf (5.23 MB) (pdf)
- Heritage Park Event Building - 50% Design Development.pdf (32.3 MB) (pdf)
- Sumner-Architecture-CUP Floor Plans_v1.pdf (944 KB) (pdf)
- Sumner-Landscape-L1-00 - CUP SITE PLAN - INTERIM_v1.pdf (721 KB) (pdf)
- Sumner-Landscape-L1-01 - CUP SITE PLAN_v1.pdf (2.59 MB) (pdf)
- Heritage Park 50% Plans.pdf (17.8 MB) (pdf)
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Heritage Park Concept Alternatives
- 1 All.pdf (75.1 KB) (pdf)
- 1 Concept Alternatives SxS.pdf (2.41 MB) (pdf)
- 2 Design Principles.pdf (3.11 MB) (pdf)
- 3 Promenade Plan Labels.pdf (6.02 MB) (pdf)
- 4 Promenade Info.pdf (1.13 MB) (pdf)
- 5 Promenade Plan.pdf (6.15 MB) (pdf)
- 6 Promenade Diagrams.pdf (443 KB) (pdf)
- 7 Plaza Plan Labels.pdf (10.2 MB) (pdf)
- 8 Plaza Info.pdf (1.17 MB) (pdf)
- 9 Plaza Plan.pdf (10.2 MB) (pdf)
- 10 Plaza Diagrams.pdf (487 KB) (pdf)
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Early Concepts & Information
- Alley_Concepts_11_07_22.pdf (3.71 MB) (pdf)
- DRAFT Master Plan 08_2023.pdf (13.7 MB) (pdf)
- Aerial View (715 KB) (pdf)
- View from Main St (633 KB) (pdf)
- Building Option A Looking SE (456 KB) (pdf)
- Building Option A Looking South (365 KB) (pdf)
- Building Option B Looking SE (387 KB) (pdf)
- 1_Park_Concept_Alternatives_Survey_Results_Web.pdf (318 KB) (pdf)
- 2023-01-17-Outreach Phase 2 Boards.pdf (47.7 MB) (pdf)
- Survey_Responses_Report_2022_11_22_Detail.pdf (316 KB) (pdf)
- Revised Remedial Investigation Report (19.5 MB) (pdf)
Photos
Videos
Lifecycle
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Project Kickoff
Town Center: Heritage Park Master Plan & Alley Activation has finished this stageOctober 25th, 2022 - Open House from 5-7pm, at City Hall, 1104 Maple Street, Sumner WA 98390
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Public and Stakeholder Input
Town Center: Heritage Park Master Plan & Alley Activation has finished this stageThank you to those that completed the kickoff survey to provide input on the project. The survey went live at 5pm on October 25th and was closed November 18th.
Stakeholder conversations focused on engaging business owners and operators with interest in the evolution of the alleyways in the Town Center on November 7th, 2022 from 8:30AM to 10:00AM or 3:00PM to 4:30PM at the JMJ office located @ 905 Main St #200, Sumner WA. These meetings focused on the Alley south of Main St. between Kincaid & Alder.
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Concepts and Vision
Town Center: Heritage Park Master Plan & Alley Activation has finished this stageThe results of the survey help guide concepts. This may include a summary of all contributions collected as well as recommendations for future action.
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Open House
Town Center: Heritage Park Master Plan & Alley Activation has finished this stageThank you to those that completed the Park Concepts survey to provide input on the project. The survey closed January 29th.
An open house for conversations focused on engaging the community with interest in the evolution of the park concepts and alleyways in the Town Center was held on January 25th, 2023 at Electric Coffee House.
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Spring Open House - April 25th at City Hall, 1104 Maple St, from 5-7pm
Town Center: Heritage Park Master Plan & Alley Activation has finished this stagePlease join us at the Open House to provide feedback on the current concept.
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2024 - Full Design
Town Center: Heritage Park Master Plan & Alley Activation is currently at this stageTake 30% concept designs and finalize them, ready for construction. Funded by Pierce County Lodging Tax.
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Fall 2024 Open House - October 22nd 5-7PM City Hall
this is an upcoming stage for Town Center: Heritage Park Master Plan & Alley ActivationPlease join us at the Fall 2024 Open House to get updates on this project.
Who's Listening
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Phone 253-299-5714 Email derekb@sumnerwa.gov -
Public Works Deputy Director – Engineering / City Engineer
Phone 253-299-5703 Email alisao@sumnerwa.gov -
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Phone 253-299-5719 Email drewm@sumnerwa.gov