Si View Metropolitan Park District invites you to an Open House to help plan a new six-acre park in North Bend. Our consulting firm, Site Workshop, has developed three concept plans based on community feedback and site feasibility. This park will be community-focused, with potential for recreation, education, and multi-purpose use. Whether you're into trails, playgrounds, sports, nature, or gathering spaces, your input is essential to creating a park that reflects the needs and dreams of our community.
Date: Thursday, January 29
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Meeting Location: Si View Community Center, 400 SE Orchard Drive, North Bend
We look forward to your participation!
Future Community Park in North Bend – Planning Underway!
Community input is key!
The park will be community-focused, with potential for recreation, education, and multi-purpose use. Interpretive signage will honor the Riding Club's legacy and their contribution to local equestrian culture since 1947.
Questions? Contact Si View staff at (425) 831-1900 or email .
In June 2024, Si View Metropolitan
Park District accepted a land donation from Snoqualmie Valley Riding Club. This generous gift to our community preserves a six-acre parcel on
the southside of I-90 near exit 31 in North Bend for a future community park. The donated parcel is a most welcome addition to the community's
open space inventory and will enhance recreation options and access to parks for generations to come in an area of the district that has been
identified as a park desert, lacking public access to developed park spaces.
Future uses of this park space will be determined during the master planning process. As part of the donation agreement, the site will continue to be community-focused, providing a space for recreation and educational programs, and serve as a multi-purpose facility for the local community. When the park is developed, interpretive signage will be installed to commemorate the Snoqualmie Valley Riding Club's rich history and their generous gift to the community.
The non-profit Snoqualmie Valley Riding Club was founded in 1947 to promote and encourage good sportsmanship in horseback riding and to advance the education of membership on the care, riding and training of horses. For many years, the Riding Club offered shows, trail rides, parades, lessons, and clinics bringing together equestrians for events. The arena’s track offered some of the fastest dirt around, making it a popular destination for events. In more recent years, the community interest for equestrian activities declined as riders gravitated towards programs such as lessons and dressage not feasible at this site, and over time the membership declined. Despite several years of dedicated efforts by a core group of Riding Club members to revamp programming, organization structure and funding sources, the Riding Club has closed.
In honoring the Snoqualmie Valley Riding Club's mission to provide public education and recreation options, Si View Metropolitan Park District was selected as the recipient of the land, given the district's proven track record of community driven public recreation programming and parks. Projects such as Tollgate Farm Park and Tennant Trailhead Park served as great examples of successful outcomes of designing and developing facilities based on identified community needs. The Riding Club parcel, now in public ownership, will go through a similar master planning effort, with Snoqualmie Valley Riding Club having an option to serve as one of the community stakeholders.
For more information about this project, please contact Si View staff at (425) 831-1900 or email .
