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Bagley Park is a two-acre municipal park in downtown Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1926, the park covers a half-block at northeast Second Avenue and Jackson Street north of the Washington County Courthouse. After a major renovation project ending in 2008, the park includes a picnic shelter, a playground, restrooms, and several sports facilities. ==History== County circuit court judge George R. Bagley sold part of his land to the city for a park at the intersection of northeast Second and Jackson streets in the early 1920s.〔Diehl, Angella Foret. “City cuts the ribbon on renovated park”, ''The Oregonian'', October 2, 2008, Metro West Neighbors.〕 After paying Bagley $1, the city built a half-block park on the site in 1926.〔〔Demlow, Kay. “Neighborhood Roundup – Metro West Hillsboro”, ''The Oregonian'', September 6, 2007, Metro West Neighbors, p. 20.〕 This was Hillsboro’s second city park after Shute Park.〔Suh, Elizabeth. “Improvement project closes Bagley Park”, ''The Oregonian'', August 30, 2007, Metro West Neighbors p. 6.〕 The park was dedicated to Bagley in the early 1930s and had a baseball diamond.〔Campbell, Rae Anne. “Park site sold to city by banker Shute in ‘06”, ''Hillsboro Argus'', October 19, 1976, The Hub, p. 5.〕 In 1949, donations paid for the addition of playground equipment at the park.〔 Funds were raised through a variety of means, including a ten-act circus from the American Legion staged at Shute Park's pavilion in May 1949. Also that year, voters approved a tax levy to provide for city residents to use school district facilities and fund a summer program at Bagley Park. Hillsboro’s Active 20-30 Club announced plans to refurbish the park in May 1985. The project was to be paid for in part through a newspaper drive.〔 In 1986, the club began the refurbishment project that lasted three years.〔Potter, Connie. “People enjoying Hillsboro park reward club’s renovation effort”, ''The Oregonian'', May 18, 1989, West Zoner Hillsboro, p. 10.〕 The group replaced the jungle gym, built a fence, installed a basketball court, built a sidewalk through the park, and cut down diseased trees.〔 They also paid the city to add sidewalks around Bagley.〔 In all, in excess of $25,000 and 1,000 hours of work were expended on the improvements.〔 For a time the park was the starting point for the annual Lil Spooks Parade.〔Skrivelis, Susan. “Plenty of chances on tap for fun Halloween”, ''The Oregonian'', October 25, 1990, West Zoner, p. 6.〕 The parade was also a costume contest held around Halloween and sponsored by the Active 20-30 Club,〔Pate, Karen. “ZooBoo kicks off Halloween season”, ''The Oregonian'', October 16, 1997, West Zoner, p. 6.〕 and continued until the late 1990s at Bagley.〔Quinn, Tom. “Halloween becomes a big community event”, ''The Oregonian'', October 29, 1998, West Zoner, p. 4.〕 In 1996, during zoning changes to increase population density in downtown brought about due to the construction of the Westside light rail, the city protected the area facing the park from increased densities.〔Colby, Richard N. “It’s the kicker”, ''The Oregonian'', March 21, 1996, West Zoner, p. E2.〕 Bagley was closed by the city for four months starting in August 2007 for an overhaul of the facilities.〔 This started a two-year, $400,000 project to repair and improve the park, with approximately $266,000 of the work paid for by the federal government.〔〔 On September 17, 2008, the park was re-dedicated after improvements to the restrooms, play equipment, and the addition of a picnic shelter among other projects.〔 The park has also hosted Easter egg hunts in the past.〔Potter, Connie. “Egg hunts dot map of Washington County, ''The Oregonian'', March 28, 1991, West Zoner, p. 13.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bagley Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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