City of Dubuque Invites Residents to Help Plan the Rustic Point Neighborhood Park, Currently Accepting Park Name Proposals

MARCH 12, 2025

The City of Dubuque Parks Division is currently developing a plan for a park in the Rustic Point neighborhood with construction scheduled for the summer of 2026. While a neighborhood park is generally designed to serve the immediate neighborhood, the park will be open to the entire community.

The public is invited to help plan the park and provide input through an online survey at www.cityofdubuque.org/planyourpark. Residents of all ages, including children, are encouraged to participate. The online survey will be open through March 31, 2025. Paper copies of the survey are available at the Parks and Recreation office at 1157 Central Ave. To request a paper copy of the survey by mail, call 563-589-4263.

An in-person park planning event is being held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 29, at the Rustic Point neighborhood park site, 4418 Rustic Point Ln. Following the in-person event and close of the survey, the design team will take the community’s ideas and develop plans for each park.

The Rustic Point neighborhood park will be named using the City’s Parks and Recreation Naming Policy. The proposed park names should generally fall within one of the following categories:

Historic events, people, and places
Individuals (living or non-living) or groups who have provided exceptional service to the City of Dubuque’s park system, recreation facilities, or the City as a whole
Major donations, including land or other contributions for the improvement and/or expansion of the park or trail system
Geographic location, such as naming in relationship to an adjacent street

The submission must contain at minimum the proposed name and reasons for the proposed name. In addition, proposals may be accompanied by documentation attesting to community support for the proposed name, including signed letters or petitions, as well as other supporting materials the nominator feels will assist in the review.

Parks and Recreation Director Marie Ware will then evaluate whether the proposals comply with the naming policy, authenticate supporting documents, and prepare and forward the information to the Parks and Recreation Commission for consideration. The commission will then individually rank the proposals and develop their recommendations to be presented to the City Council.

Park name proposals may be submitted at www.cityofdubuque.org/planyourpark. Paper copies of the park name proposal form are available at the Parks and Recreation office located at 1157 Central Ave. To request a paper copy by mail, call 563-589-4263. The deadline to propose names for the park is Friday, April 4.

For questions or more information about the planning and development of the neighborhood park, contact the Parks Division at 563-589-4263.

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MEDIA CONTACT
Jared Charland, Project and Facilities Manager
jcharlan@cityofdubuque.org, 563-589-4263