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Town Center Park is a small municipal park in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. Located in the middle of Wilsonville’s town center, the park cost $4.5 million to complete. The park includes the Oregon Korean War Memorial, a visitor’s center, paths, a play area, picnic tables, and an amphitheater among other features. Completed in 2005, Town Center Park is also home to Wilsonville’s first interactive water feature. ==History== Capital Realty donated the land for a park in the center of the Wilsonville town center development in 1994 on condition that it be used as a park.〔 In September 1996, the city started to get more input from city residents on the plans for what was then to be a $2 million park. Early plans for the park included a war memorial for the Korean War, a clock tower, a pond, a fountain, landscaping, picnic areas, a basketball court, a play area for children, gardens, paths, an amphitheater, lawns, and a pavilion area to be partially covered and used to host events such as street fairs.〔〔 Parking was also to be built, which included spaces for recreational vehicles.〔 By October 1996, the estimated cost to build the park had increased to $3.3 million.〔 All funding for the park had been secured at that time, and was to come from Wilsonville and the county’s lodging taxes and from a $1 million grant by the county’s tourism council to be used to build a visitor’s center.〔 Wilsonville’s parks board approved of the plans that included the war memorial, the visitor’s center, gardens, paths, fountains, the amphitheater, and lawns at that time. The visitor’s center would also provide restrooms for the park, offer meeting space for the community, and be the home of the city’s chamber of commerce. In November 1996, Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 47, which lowered property tax rates and imposed restrictions on raising those rates. Due to the passage of the measure, the city delayed the project because of concerns about the impact of the measure on funding for building and maintaining the park.〔 The estimated cost to build Town Center Park at that time was $3.3 million.〔 Plans for building the park later moved forward, and construction of the regional visitor’s center began in June 1998. The building opened at Town Center Park in April 1999 at a cost of $1.5 million. Construction on the war memorial started with a groundbreaking ceremony on May 4, 2000. In September 2000, the memorial was opened in the park to pay tribute to those soldiers from Oregon who died in the Korean War. During the summer months in 2000 and 2001 the park hosted a small farmer’s market run by the chamber of commerce. Also in 2000, the park began hosting the annual Wilsonville Celebration Days. The park was completed in the Spring of 2005 when the final phase of construction finished after adding several features, including an interactive water play area, the first in the city. The water feature had been delayed due to a water shortage in the city before the completion of a new water treatment plant. This last phase cost around $1.2 million and was paid for through funds generated by an urban renewal district and built by Hoffman Construction. Total costs for building the park came to $4.5 million. The fountain had to be closed due to water quality issues in June 2007, but re-opened a few days later. In October 2008, free Wi-Fi service was added to the park by the chamber of commerce. 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「Town Center Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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