Mitchell Park

1100 E. Mitchell St., Tucson AZ 85719
Neighborhood Park • 1.6 acres • Ward 3

Improvements coming to the park!

Thanks to Tucson Delivers Proposition 407 bond funding, Mitchell Park will soon receive an updated irrigation system, new trees and understory planting, and more shade to provide cooling respite for birthday parties, family picnics, and more.

Parks and Recreation attended the Mountain 1st Neighborhood Association meeting on December 7, 2024, to introduce the project and solicit feedback on proposed improvements. Following the meeting, Parks and Recreation circulated an online survey from January 6-26, 2025, to learn more about community preferences. 95 community members participated in the survey, and we heard that residents would most like to see a smaller, ocotillo-style ramada like the ones at Rio Vista Park and that the picnic table closest to the play equipment (picnic table C) is the most important to shade with a ramada. We also heard that residents have concerns about the condition of the turf and are interested in assisting with future planting at the park.

Parks and Recreation used the feedback shared by the community to develop a new concept plan for Mitchell Park. We posted a video walk-through of the concept (see recording below) and circulated an online survey to solicit neighborhood feedback from May 15-June 8, 2025. 35 community members participated in the online survey, and we learned that:

• ~ 37% of survey respondents are excited about the concept plan and landscape changes or are generally supportive of the concept but would like to see some design revisions (e.g. shrink the planting basins a bit)
• ~ 26% of survey respondents would like Parks and Recreation to leave more open green space and try to phase construction

Full survey results are posted below, and open comments have been thematically grouped with City responses in the attached pdf.

Next Steps

Join us for a walk-and-talk at the park to review survey comments and discuss potential design revisions. We’ll use your input to update the plan and move it into construction documentation.

When: Tuesday, July 1, 6:30-7 p.m.
Where: 1100 E Mitchell St,Tucson, AZ 85719

Questions? Contact: Stephanie Kopplin, PLA, Capital Planning + Development Project Manager at stephanie.kopplin@tucsonaz.gov.

Location

1100 E. Mitchell St., Tucson 85719  View Map

32.2554862,-110.9545754

1100 E. Mitchell St. , Tucson 85719

1100 E. Mitchell St. , Tucson 85719

Mitchell Park