Parks
Park 48 First mentioned during a Parks and Recreation Committee meeting in 2024, the 55-acre project across from City Hall now known as Park 48 has already cycled through several names, including Iconic Park and Civic Center Park. Still in the conceptual stage, the project represents the city’s most ambitious vision for a future public space, with current plans calling for Arizona-inspired geographic features, sports courts, a large event lawn, a covered playground, a 3.4-acre lake, a zip line, a rock- climbing zone, cloud-inspired ramadas, splash pads and space for food trucks, all intended to anchor what the city hopes will eventually become a new entertainment district. The city was working on that before I got here, and the way it was described to me was a love letter to Arizona. That’s really cool, because I haven’t seen a park like that anywhere else in the state. I feel like you can never have too many one- of-a-kind things, because people want to check
There are also opportunities to develop a district around it, with restaurants and other entertainment. It’s already by City Hall and the library, and if you build a park like this, I think you can create a hub of activity similar to downtown Gilbert or Scottsdale.
them out. That’s what Maricopa needs more of. This is a park I see people in the community really loving because it’s going to be cool and it’s going to be theirs. At the same time, people will see it posted on Instagram and think, “OK, I need to take a trip down there.”
Conceptual renderings show covered splashpads surrounded by rock monuments emulating Sedona’s red rocks at Park 48 near City Hall.
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InMaricopa.com | February 2026
February 2026 | InMaricopa.com
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