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Pioneer Park renovation nears completion, reopening set for November

Leading the Pioneer Park renovation project

Pioneer Park reopens Nov. 13 with six pickleball courts, a new playground and three park rangers based in a new office building. The farmers market that shared the park's south end all summer held its last Saturday session of the season on Oct. 24.

Updated Oct 26

Salt Lake City plans adaptive pump track at Glendale Regional Park

Built World

As of September 2026: Leading the Glendale Regional Park design

Salt Lake City's Glendale Regional Park is getting an adaptive pump track, a rare feature in Utah that opens wheeled sports to people of all abilities. The park, being built on the site of a closed water park, is set to start its second phase of construction in spring 2027, with the full park opening in spring 2029.

Updated Sep 28

Notable Quotes

"We're trying to make it as easy as possible for anyone to come and use the park."

from Pioneer Park renovation nears completion, reopening set for November · Updated Oct 26

"I'm optimistic that people are really going to find this to be a new place to spend time during the week."

from Pioneer Park renovation nears completion, reopening set for November · Updated Oct 26

"Wherever we've installed pickleball, it has become such a hub of activity. People love it. And with two on two on all six courts, you can have 24 people playing at one time."

from Pioneer Park renovation nears completion, reopening set for November · Updated Oct 26

Cultivating more biological diversity in our parks and natural areas, increasing our native plants and pollinator habitat programs…increasing our landscape resiliency to climate change by reclaiming our degraded landscape with beneficial plants, healthy soils, and habitats for birds and wildlife.

from Salt Lake City plans adaptive pump track at Glendale Regional Park · Updated Sep 28