Site work for a playground / park / athletic field in Ames, Iowa. Conceptual plans call for site work for a playground / park / athletic field.

Moore Memorial Park covers 90 acres with 50 located east of Ioway Creek and 40 west of the creek. The upper 50-acre parcel was developed into a community park in 1991. Until 2022, the 40-acre parcel had been leased to Iowa State University (ISU) as an agricultural research plot for $3,000 per year. The University farmed this land for the final time in 2021. Parks and Recreation staff has worked with Water and Pollution Control and Public Works staff to retire this land and install nutrient reduction and water quality practices. In response to community input to connect parks via hard surface trails, a pedestrian bridge will link these two parcels of City property. The plan is to then have a trail from Moore Memorial Park along Scholl Road to Ontario Street. This improvement is viable because ISU owns the land adjacent the City's 40-acre parcel. This project is conditioned on ISU allowing public access through its parcel, so that several miles of recreational trails would be linked together. Staff will continue to meet with ISU officials to acquire the necessary easements to bring this project to fruition. The project is included in the City's 2025-2030 Capital Improvement Program (CIP). As of November 4, 2025, further details have not yet been identified. *Project information has been obtained through a public capital improvement plan (CIP). A CIP is a financial schedule for short- and long-range projects which is updated regularly. Information listed in the CIP often evolves based on funding availability and the project details, including timeline and value, are subject to change. The content management team will continue to pursue additional details as they become available.