Big Dry Creek Streambank Restoration

What's Happening Now

January 2026

Trails are now fully open along Big Dry Creek at City Park! Major streambank and floodplain work has been completed on the Big Dry Creek Streambank Restoration Project. In November 2025, crews finished pouring the final stretch of concrete along the main trail. 

In addition to completing the main trail, crews constructed a wetland boardwalk, installed a shade shelter, and put up rope fencing around pollinator plants.

This concludes five years of design and construction in this area. Beginning in 2020, the City updated critical sanitary sewer infrastructure, reshaped the floodplain, upgraded City Park pond, and replaced the disc golf course. Outside of maintenance and smaller improvements, no further construction activity is planned for this area.

Drone image of Big Dry Creek project work

Drone image of Big Dry Creek project work

What's Next? 

Some equipment remains as crews finish site work and complete irrigation work for the season. 

Early next year, crews will install picnic tables, benches, and seating around the area.  

For the next year or two, you will continue to see fencing along the trails and around the base of trees to help protect new plants as they become established. It will take several years for the plants to become established, so while they may appear sparse initially, they will eventually develop into a thriving native landscape. This growth can be described as: Sleep, creep, and leap. Over the first year, they adjust to the stress of transplanting. During the second year, they grow deep roots. By the third year, they put out canopy. 

Ribbon Cutting

Thank you to the community for your patience and support throughout construction. To celebrate the completion of the project, you’re invited to a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at City Park! 

Join us for food trucks and a chance to enjoy the new and improved Big Dry Creek with neighbors and friends.  

More details will be shared closer to the event date.