Liberty Lake Regional Park

Master Plan with Stakeholder Engagement and Phase I Renovations

Bernardo Wills Landscape Architecture group was retained to develop the Liberty Lake Regional Master Plan. The plan was initiated by the Spokane County Parks, and Recreation and Golf Department to transform the community’s vision of the park into a framework for future improvements and strategic development.

The Master Plan reflects a very diverse constituency of park user types that provided input gathered over five months of public engagement with stakeholder interviews, two pop-up studios; one to collect data from actual park users, the other to collect data from the Liberty Lake Community, and a workshop/open house as a general call to interested parties to participate in defining a vision for the park’s future. The goal of the public engagement was to develop a master plan for Liberty Lake Regional Park that is implementable, has support from user groups, the community, neighbors and landowners, and accomplishes the “Guiding Principles” for the plan.

An important early part of the master planning process was the orientation interview series. Prior to starting work on project planning and design, the consultant team needed to understand the perspectives of park users and stakeholders. The two days of interviews—conducted in June of 2017—provided invaluable insight into user needs and aspirations, shaping the direction for the overall park vision, design, and implementation strategy. The consultant team interviewed community members, selected by County parks and rec staff to represent a broad range of community perspectives.

Spokane County Parks, Recreation and Golf will utilize this plan to guide future investment in Liberty Lake Regional Park.