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Thank you for your interest in providing feedback about the Skyway Community Recreation Center project! 

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Skyway Community Center and Skyway Park Concepts

On June 10th, 2025, King County Parks and the Skyway Community Center project design team asked the community for feedback to inform design of a community center at Skyway Park. The team also asked for feedback on a Skyway Park master plan concept.

Skyway Park Master Plan Concept:

a map of skyway park with arrows point in and out of the park for access, a rendering of the community center is located on the south end

The Site Planning Concept Design builds on things that community members already like about Skyway Park.  The plan provides better connections for people visiting the park by expanding the existing trail system, retains much of the high quality open green space, expands picnicking and playground areas, and adds new amenities like a dog park and pump track. Even though the park is very lush and green, there are existing easements and wetland buffers that restrict development across much of the property, limiting where new features could be constructed.  The following plans show the proposed future parks improvements.

Close Up View of North Portion of Park:

Zoomed in portion of north end of Skyway Park. Photos and labels of exisiting play area, expanded playground, mini soccer, two picnic shelters, pump track, basketball court, grass field and dog park

 

Close Up View of South Portion of Park: 

Zoomed in portion of south end of Skyway Park. Photos and labels of esisting court and trail, playground, community center with outdoor gathering area, parking, plaza, grass field, playground, existing tennis and basketball courts, and parking

Community Center Building Concept

The new community center would be in the southern portion of Skyway Park. The building would be one story tall and 25,000 sq ft in size. The type and size of the various spaces is all based on earlier community feedback. The floor plan includes a large gymnasium, a fitness and weights room, community rooms, a kitchen, classrooms, a kids room, gender neutral bathrooms, and smaller meeting rooms. Many spaces would open to outdoor plazas, allowing for indoor / outdoor events.

Concept Building Layout and Site Photos:

Floor plan graphic of the proposed community center along with a photo of the basketball court with text that reads "looking south." Another photo reads "looking west" and shows a grass field

 

Proposed Concept Floor Plan: 

Floor plan of the community center with two community rooms and kitchen to the right of the entrance. Lobby, reception and offices when you first walk in. To the left ar meeting rooms, a fitness room, kids room, art and computer lab, studio, and gymnasium.

 

Inspirational Images

The following images show the types of spaces that will exist within and around the community center. If you like or dislike things about the spaces showed in the images below, you can let the design team know. You can refer to images by the type of space and letter on the image – for example, Entry D. Please explain what you like or dislike about the image.

Entry / Outdoor:

Four renderings of entry/outdoor images for the community center labeled A through D. A shows a courtyard with plants, chairs, and an L-shaped building with tall window walls. The very top of the building has different colors of vertical panels. B is a natural, dark wood tone building with a shed-style roof. It has tall windows with wood siding. C is a window wall with light-colored wood awning and wood posts covering a paved patio with table and chairs. Next to it is a grassy field. D. is a white, modern-looking building with floor to ceiling windows and a paved patio. A couple of trees and a wooden bench are on the patio along with a ramp and metal railings.

 

Lobby:

Four renderings of a lobby labeled A through D. A has a two-story lobby with sky lights, wooden posts, and a seating area with artowrk. There is also a hallway with artwork along the side taking you to other areas. B is a long reception desk with TV monitor, and you can see to other spaces with meeting rooms and tables. C has a lounge area with two large wooden circles with lights on the ceiling. Cushioned chairs and couches along with tables and chairs are nearby. Option D has a smaller wooden reception desk with a long booth with mutliple tables and chairs across from it. Some wood posts with lights hanf from the ceiling, there are planters with plants and an open-air art installation behind the bench/tables.

 

Gymnasium: 

Four renderings of a gymnasium labeled A through D. A shows a basketball court with metal bleachers on the lefthand side. A thin row of windows lines the very top of the wall on the righthand side. Metal tracks with lights are on the ceiling. B shows a basketball court with wood posts and lights on the ceiling. Two floor to ceiling windows/doors are in the corners of the court. C has one larger floor to ceiling windows/main entrance with white metal lighting tracks on the ceiling. D show a basketball court with dozens of round tables set up for an event.

 

Community Space: 

Four rendering of community spaces labeled A through D. A shows a large room with half-carpet, half- wood floors. Tall windows and a metal post. Kids are doing an activity with a whiteboard wall on the wood floor area. B. is a slanted roofline with one large open wooden floored room, floor to ceiling mirrors are on one side with a window wall next to it. People are doing yoga poses. C is a slanted roof room with floor to ceiling windows. wood posts and lights on the ceiling. A person is moving a moveable wall that could break the space up into to smaller rooms. D. is a room with a temporary stage installed. Kids are doing a dance performance

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