53rd Avenue Park

53rd Avenue Park is a municipal park under development in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Partially opened in 2008, the park covers along northeast 53rd Avenue in the middle of the city. Currently the park includes two multi-purpose sports fields covered with artificial turf with other sports amenities and a water fountain under construction. Plans call for a large indoor recreation center at the park including pools, basketball courts, tennis courts, and exercise facilities to go along with outdoor park items that include children’s play equipment and walking trails. Land for the park was purchased from exercise equipment maker Soloflex beginning in 2001.HistoryHillsboro began negotiating with Soloflex in January 2001 to purchase owned by the company. The company was asking for $5 million for the land along northeast 53rd Avenue near Intel’s Hawthorn Farm campus. By February the city had purchased the land for a future park. A second parcel was purchased from Soloflex in 2004 and brought the total land at the site to, with a total of $6.7 million paid for the land.In June 2005, the city agreed to purchase eight more acres from Soloflex that included a 44000ft2 building for $3.3 million pending a feasibility study. The city planned to convert the building and the other park land into a recreation complex that would include amenities such as indoor basketball and tennis courts, workout rooms, and possibly a pool. The deal was approved in August, and Hillsboro used money from system development fees to purchase all of the land at the park site.