Sgt. Brad Crawford Neighborhood Park
Park planning & background information
In 2008, the county developed the first phase of this park, which included the following features:
- ADA accessible walking paths
- Irrigated open lawn play area
- Picnic tables and benches
- Playground
- Additional trees and other plantings
- Viewpoint mound above playground
- Space for small neighborhood flower garden
- Trail connection to undeveloped Vancouver School District property to the north
- Space for a Citizen Emergency Response Team (CERT) supply storage shed and bulletin board (neighborhood funded and maintained)
In addition, community fundraising allowed for the development of the ocean-washed concrete plaza area, several additional benches, and the planting of a number of additional trees as part of the 2008 project.
Several other additional, unfunded enhancements have also been approved for the park, including memorial features honoring Sgt. Crawford. Funding to construct these items will be provided through community donations and other fundraising activities (see Park Donations section below for more information). These unfunded enhancements include:
- Gateway, memorial plaques, and pavilion seating area in the memorial plaza
- Expanded playground area with additional equipment
- 8-foot high naturalistic rock climbing wall and slide
- Additional buffer plantings around perimeter of park
- "Boulder waves" landscaping/seating element
Sgt. Crawford loved the ocean and surfing, which is why the park has a subtle ocean theme - with the sea grass plantings and ocean-washed concrete plaza.
Public Outreach and Involvement
Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation hosted three public meetings as part of the master planning process for this park in 2006. A public open house to obtain public input on the playground equipment for the park also occurred in 2007.
Project staff also met multiple times with members of Sgt. Brad Crawford's family, and with representatives from the Felida Neighborhood Association and a number of immediately adjacent neighbors, to discuss the park development plans.
General Public Outreach Materials
November 2006 Public Meeting Materials:
September 2006 Public Meeting Materials:
April 2006 Public Meeting Materials:
Background
The property was originally named McCann Neighborhood Park for identification purposes, but was officially changed to Sgt. Brad Crawford Neighborhood Park in 2005.
Sgt. Crawford - an active Felida community member, neighbor and Clark County Sheriff's deputy - was killed in the line of duty in 2004. After his death, several community members approached the Felida Neighborhood Association asking if a park could be named in his honor.
After considerable research and coordination with Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation, the Felida Neighborhood Association distributed a survey to neighbors around McCann Neighborhood Park asking if they would be in favor of renaming it in Sgt. Crawford's honor. The proposal received overwhelming public support, and was later approved by the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission and the Board of Clark County Commissioners. A park naming/dedication ceremony was held at the park in 2005.
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