PACKARD PARK 

In 2022, the Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department concluded their own public outreach and internal park master planning effort for Packard Park on the south side of Downtown Fort Wayne.  As the historic site of the Packard Piano manufacturing facility, this site has served as  public park and home for several community recreational programs for the past 50+ years.  As a result of that effort, Anderson+Bohlander was selected to lead the effort of realizing the goals and objectives identified through the community planning effort.  Key to the new design will be the removal an existing softball field that has restricted public use of this community asset for a number of years and to open the park back up to be a flexible public green space.  Planned improvement for the park will be a new central plaza to be located around the existing park pavilion, an update playground and accessible play equipment, and new walking paths.