New Sports and Recreation Complex Highlights Valpo Parks Major Initiative

Valparaiso Parks have introduced a major initiative to expand and upgrade parks and programming. The city has purchased nearly 250 acres of land east of Indiana-49 on the northeast side of the city for a community sports and recreation complex and will include sports fields, walking paths, wooded trails and shelters. Parks Director John Seibert says ideas are coming together following a public outreach campaign, and the “Valpo For All Generations” plan also includes continued investment in existing parks around the city, an adult enrichment center at the site of the former Whispering Pines Health Care Center and the Next Generation Skate Park at Fairgrounds Park. A series of open houses will be held March 7th through 9th at 5pm each night, in the Welter Room at Forest Park Golf Course, 1155 Sheffield Drive.