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Seattle Parks is starting the long process of shaping a $2 million renovation of the Miller Park playground.
A community meeting will be held Wednesday night to discuss the early planning on the project. Groundbreaking isn’t expected until the spring of 2026.
Seattle Parks is inviting neighbors and interested parties “to meet the design team and share your hopes and dreams for the future play area” at the December 11th meeting.
Parks says the project will replace the existing play equipment, make necessary accessibility improvements, and install synthetic turf safety surfacing in the play area. The equipment will include play structures for children of all abilities ages 2 to 12.
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) invites the community to provide input for the renovation of the Miller Playfield Play Area. Please join us Wednesday, December 11 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E. to meet the design team and share your hopes and dreams for the future play area.
This project will replace the existing play equipment, make necessary accessibility improvements, and install synthetic turf safety surfacing in the play area. The equipment will include play structures for children of all abilities ages 2 to 12.
Together we will create the best play area for the neighborhood. A short online survey will be released after the meeting to collect additional input.
Miller Playfield Play Area is located north of the playfield and east of the Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave. E. For more information please contact Colin Campbell at [email protected] or visit https://seattle.gov/parks/about-us/projects/miller-playfield-play-area-renovation.
$1,906,093 from the King County Parks Levy has been earmarked for the planning, design, and construction of this project.
Parks says the planning process will stretch into spring 2025 with design hoped to be completed by December 2026. Construction would stretch from spring 2026 to the fall as currently planned.
The Miller Playfield’s most recent upgrades involve updated artificial turf installed in 2022. The campus’s courts have also become an important center for pickleball activities.
The Miller Community Center, meanwhile, has been raising funds for a new wall mural.
The playfield next to the Meany Middle School campus just off 19th Ave E was gifted to the city in 1906 by Mary Miller in honor of her late son. Miller was part of a pioneer family held valuable land and investments secured during the development of Washington Territory.
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Playground equipment and synthetic turf will cost $2 million? I’m in the wrong business…