PARK NAMING CONTEST ENTRIES – OLD WOODWAY ELMENTARY SCHOOL SITE
1. J.P. Patches Park
2. JP Patches Community Park
3. Chief David Stern Memorial Park or
David Stern Memorial Park
4. Marian Meadow Park or Maid Marian
Park
5. Little John Park
6. Sherwood Meadows
7. Half Park
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Forest Meadows Park
Maple Tree Park
Robbers Roost Park
Klahaya Park
Citizens Park
13. Robin Hood Park
14. The Meadows or Meadow Park
15. Grass Roots Park
16. Old Woodway Park
17.
18.
19.
20.
Woodway Park
Cemetery Park
Loxley Park
Barnsdale Park
J.P. Patches is a local institution and has contributed to the rich heritage of the Pacific Northwest. Chris Wedes’ (J.P. Patches)
longtime residence is located a short distance from the site of the yet to be named new park.
I grew up in the Edmonds/Lynnwood area. Our dentist and barbershop were both in Firdale Village. I don't recall how I knew this, but
JP Patches lives or lived right off of Firdale. At least that was the supposed rumor. I remember as a little kid, every time we drove
past the house, on the way to getting our teeth yanked out or whatnot, I hoped to catch a glimpse of the local celebrity. So with that
said, I would like to submit the name JP Patches Community Park.
Chief Stern was a major contributor to the community in addition to overseeing public safety in Edmonds. A park bearing his name
will allow the community to honor his memory.
To complete the Robin Hood theme in this neighborhood! Sherwood Elementary School, Robin Hood Drive, Little John Court, Friar
Tuck Lane…and, now we have an opportunity to include the principle female character in the story…Maid Marian.
We didn’t feel naming a park with “Maid” would be all that becoming. But, taking a look at the current wide-open feel of the park
space, Kris determined it had a slight meadow-like feel to it…thus, Marian Meadow Park.
In keeping with the Robin Hood theme of the surrounding street names. (Any name is good as long as it does not include the name
“Woodway”)
Has a nice ring to it. It is also between Sherwood Elementary and Woodway Meadows. It also looks like it will have some nice open
space.
1. If’s only half the size it should be – selling a good half of the property to a developer instead of including it in the park (the
soccer and baseball field area to the west).
2. Half the park is way overdeveloped and paved over.
I used the “park” a few times a week before it was made into a park – after the school building was demolished. Now it seems a lot
less useful – with the exception of restrooms, which I assume will be part of the new park. Hopefully the crappy economy sticks
around a little longer so the developer can’t get funding for his project and the other half of the park can be used by citizens for a few
more years.
This is a combination of the two neighborhoods by the Park –Forest Glen and Woodway Meadows
Because of the big beautiful Maple tree in the middle of the park
Robbers Roost Road is the name of the street bordering the north side of the park
Native American name in keeping with Washington State traditions; neighborhood swim & tennis club nearby has the same name.
This would acknowledge local citizens’ efforts to make part of this area a city park, rather than all new residential construction. It was
a long and hard-fought process, but in the end, the city government and people were able to compromise and establish a park in this
vicinity.
One adjacent neighborhood has streets all named for characters or places in the Tales of Robin Hood.
Since the park borders on the Woodway Meadows subdivision, I thought it might be appropriate. Many residents of that
neighborhood were involved in the discussion of creating the park.
Since the decision to create a park at this location came about through a “grass roots” effort by the citizens who live nearby, I think it
would be appropriate. The name “grass roots” also suggests an outdoor environment.
The site formerly housed Woodway Elementary School. There is another school nearby (formerly Sno-Line Elementary) which was
renamed Woodway Elementary. Many people referred to the site where the park is now as “Old Woodway” to differentiate between
the two schools.
It is a wooded area, adjacent to a neighborhood called “Woodway Meadows”.
A descriptive name which ties in with its location, which is directly across the street from Restlawn Cemetery.
Keeping to the “Robin Hood” theme of the surrounding areas/neighborhood. This is Robin’s birthplace.
Keeping to the “Robin Hood” theme of the surrounding areas/neighborhood. This is an area where some references think Robin
Hood might have actually been based at.
PARK NAMING CONTEST ENTRIES – OLD WOODWAY ELMENTARY SCHOOL SITE
21. Nottinghamshire Park
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
Camelot
Sherwood Forest Park
Sherwood Forest Park
Forest Village Park
Forest Edge Park or Forest Glen Park
27. Nottingham Neighborhood Park
28. Ocean Breeze Park
29. Merry Men Park
30. Robin Hood Park
31. Sherwood Forest Park
32. Robin Hood Meadows
33. Sherwood Acres
34. Yorkshire Courtyards
35. Prince of Thieves Park
36. “Hamilton Park” (informally) or William
and Jeri Hamilton Park for Children
(formally) or William and Jeri Hamilton
Living Legacy Park
37. Bluebells Park or Bluebells Green or
Bluebells Meadow
38. Merry Men Park
39. Robber Park
40. Schroeder’s Forest
41. Willow Goldfinch Park
42. Cherry Tree Park
43. Big Rock Park
Keeping to the “Robin Hood” theme of the surrounding areas/neighborhood. This is where Sherwood Forest, home to Robin Hood
and his merry men, is located.
It fits in with the neighborhood streets, i.e., Robinhood Lane and others.
To keep with the theme of the adjoining neighborhood.
To keep with the theme of the adjoining neighborhood.
Because there is a wooded part of the park and the “village” is consistent with the Sherwood Forest medieval names surrounding it.
The strip of forest along one side of the park gives it the feeling of being at the Forest’s Edge. Also, there is the Forest Glen
neighborhood down the street.
Because it is in Sherwood Forest!
Because sometimes in our neighborhood there’s a wind and you can smell the ocean.
This is the clan of Robin Hood’s men. This name will keep with the theme of the neighborhood named after Robin Hood and
Sherwood Forest. The streets in the area are named with the bandits that Robin Hood went around with. The park should be named
after the band of bandits not an individual. The park is a gathering place of people and I feel the name portrays that feeling.
Consistent with the theme of the neighborhood.
Consistent with the theme of the neighborhood.
Consistent with the theme of the neighborhood.
Consistent with the theme of the neighborhood.
Consistent with the theme of the neighborhood.
Consistent with the theme of the neighborhood.
William (Bill Hamilton) left us in 2005, but dedicated himself to the children of Edmonds and loved this town. Jeri Hamilton still works
tirelessly as a volunteer for many groups in Edmonds and also devoted her career to the children of Edmonds, myself included. She
was voted “Citizen of the Year” in 2002 and is a beloved member of the Edmonds community.
1.
Bluebells (Mertensia paniculata) are native flowers of the Pacific Northwest and can be found in the wooded areas of
Snohomish County.
2. The park contains a garden area where the flower could be incorporated into the landscaping design.
3. While there is no shortage of tree names (see street names in Edmonds) flowers tend to be underrepresented.
4. The name sounds cheerful and inviting.
This name will keep with the theme of the neighborhood named after Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest. The streets in the area are
named with the bandits that Robin Hood went around with. The park should be named after the band of bandits not an individual.
The park is a gathering place of people and I feel the name portrays that feeling.
This name seems appropriate, because the citizens of Edmonds, especially those recently annexed into the city, were robbed of
needed athletic fields and public open space to grossly benefit one Bellevue/Eastside developer. Besides, the park design and
improvements have robbed precious habitat from disappearing and endangered wildlife.
H.K. Schroeder’s name is on many plats in the area, according to the Snohomish County Assessor. It has a nice ring to it.
The Willow Goldfinch is the Washington state bird, and we see them all around Edmonds. We think this would make a great name,
and we haven’t found it in use as a park anywhere in Washington. It also follows the naming convention here in Edmonds of naming
things after various types of trees!
This landmark tree was part of the Old Woodway Elmentary School landscape and has been spared from the bulldozer! It was a
gathering place at the school and I am told many a student got their first kiss under this cherry tree!
The huge boulder that was originally on the perimeter of the schoolyard served not only as a great climbing rock, but a bus stop as
well. At first, we thought the big rock had been moved offsite, but later learned the rock has been incorporated into a rock wall inside
the park, and will be marked with a commemorative plaque.
PARK NAMING CONTEST ENTRIES – OLD WOODWAY ELMENTARY SCHOOL SITE
44. That Dog-gone Park or That Doggone
Park or Doggone It! Or Dog Gone It
45. Furlough Park
46. Nottingham Green
47. Fallen Heroes Park
48. Sherwood Village Park
49. Lionheart Park
50. Woodway Meadows Park
51. Sherwood Forest Park
52. Dog Poop Park
53. Nottingham Park
54. South Edmonds Family Park
55. Fun Park
56. Nottingham Park
57. Friar Tuck Park
58. Hinki
59. Old Woodway Park
60. Cherry Blossom Park
61. Cholena Park
62. Fairy Tale Park
63. Loxley Park
This area had previously been used as an unofficial off-leash park for dogs. Now that a builder bought half the property that was
being considered for a park, there is no place for the dogs (or model airplane flying or kite flying…). I think it would be nice to
commemorate how the site had been used for years for our canine friends for many years.
We think this is an appropriate and appealing sounding name because it sounds like a peaceful community location and it has the
charm of the Robin Hood theme of the surrounding area. This name would feel very natural, yet also unique, in the neighborhood.
We believe this would be a wonderful way in which to honor the memory of those in the military, law enforcement, and fire fighting
who have died while serving their country and community. While in the line of duty, these brave women and men made the ultimate
sacrifice which has allowed us to live in a free, peaceful, and safe community, for which we are so grateful. Thanks to their devotion
to duty, the residents of Edmonds experience wholesome home town values and an outstanding quality of life.
In an effort to be a voice for the family members left behind, we humbly submit that by establishing Fallen Heroes Park, the City of
Edmonds will always remember the extraordinary sacrifices made by our hometown heroes on our behalf.
Historic connection with the small subdivisions adjacent to the new park that was named Sherwood Village.
The suggested name is in keeping with the local historical Sherwood Village and Robin Hood theme (Richard the Lionheart) AND
reflects the courageous efforts of many local residents in supporting the park.
Woodway Meadows housing development has been adjacent to the site for 30 years and is an identifiable location to direct people.
It’s cute.
Every time you go over there you step in dog poop.
Because it is very Sherwood Forest like.
It’s in South Edmonds and it’s for families.
Because I am four and it’s going to be fun to play there!
It fits with the theme of nearby development.
The streets around this park, including a grade school close by, are named after the Tales of Robin Hood.
It was my mother’s name and she was so thrilled about the park being built and then she suddenly passed away and I miss her so
much.
Since the 1950’s this school and its area was home to many grade school children. Because it had an open basketball court, large
ponds and woods, it was their park.
The tree has always been a central gathering point whether as a school and now as a park. Everyone also looks forward to spring
when they can see the tree in bloom.
Cholena means bird in Native American. There are many birds in Edmonds that will visit this park, which is why cholena is an
appropriate name.
A park is a place that allows a child’s imagination to soar. It is a place of adventure and child’s play. The names of the streets in the
surrounding area also make Fairy Tale Park a perfect choice. “Robin Hood Drive”, “Alan a Dale”, Robbers Roost Road”.
Loxley is the village in South Yorkshire that is traditionally known as the birthplace of Robin Hood (also known as Robin of
Loxley/Locksley). The area around the new park site has a number of street names with a Robin Hood theme – Robin Hood Drive,
Nottingham Road, Little John Court, Friar Tuck Lane, etc. – and Sherwood Elementary is also nearby. To name the park
Loxley/Locksley would fit right in with the neighborhood. Of note, Loxley is the original name of the town, and therefore the spelling
that I think is most appropriate. However, Locksley is also an option.
PARK NAMING CONTEST ENTRIES – OLD WOODWAY ELMENTARY SCHOOL SITE
64. City Wide Investment Community Park or
City Wide Communities Park or it would
be nice to have ALL of the following
names on the sign:
Rob & Lisa Trahms – Scott Chapman –
Evan Pierce – Karen Moe & Gary
Humiston – Heather Marks & Cliff
Sanderlin – John O’Leary – Colin
Southcote-Want – Corrine Beuchet –
C’est LaVie – Nature – Amateur Athletics
& Events – Star Feather – Petros
Grocery – Alvin Rutledge – Loren Petso –
Ann Donovan
65. Dr. Robert O. Hickman Park or Hickman
Park
66. Briar Meadows Park
67. Spyder or Spider Park
These came from the many businesses, individuals, and organizations in the area. For the Investment of the neighborhood park to
turn it into a reality.
I would like to recommend the park be named after a local resident and medical pioneer, Dr. Robert O. Hickman, a man despite all
his accomplishments who never has sought his own recognition. He believes in helping others with humility and without fanfare.
Now he and his wife Lucy are in their 80s. I feel it would be a great honor to name this wonderful park after him, who has contributed
so much to the good of mankind and helping people live a better quality of life.
Among his many accomplishments, “Dr. Robert O. Hickman was part of a team that put the first patient in the world on kidney dialysis
and broke ground developing catheters and shunts. In 1973, he developed a catheter that helped revolutionize the delivery of
medication, intravenous fluids, blood and nutrition to bone marrow transplant patients.” The “Hickman Catheter” as it is called
continues to help a countless number of people around the world.
After receiving his residency training at University of Washington “Dr. Bob” became a much beloved pediatrician to numerous local
children over the years. Many of which now have families of their own remember him as the “most kindest and caring doctor who
valued a mother’s intuition.” He retired from his private practice to join the UW Nephrology division at Seattle Children’s Hospital,
helping children suffering from kidney disease and giving parents hope for a better quality of life for their children. He has worked
throughout the Pacific Northwest including until recently at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Dr. Hickman and his wife, Lucy, live and raised their six children in the Edmonds area where their children attended local schools and
participated in sport programs in the Edmonds School District. They served on various school committees and were at one time copresidents of the PTA at Old Woodway Elementary School where the park in now being built. The Hickman family has lived near the
park site since the 1960s. Their children and grandchildren played sports on the athletic fields at the former elementary school. After
the school’s closure they attended Sherwood Elementary School. He provided his time and services to local students and the Boy
Scouts providing sport and camp physicals free of charge. Both he and his wife have served many years and continue to serve in
their local church and abroad giving both their time and resources to helping and encouraging others.
It is my hope you would consider naming this beautiful park after Dr. Robert O. Hickman. This park represents all he and his wife
have dedicated their lives to, the health and well being of children and families. We are so fortunate to have such a remarkable
couple living in our community.
Combines the names of the surrounding neighborhoods, Woodway Meadows and Sherwood Forest.
We have been taking our family and dog to the field behind the park since before the school was torn down and the park project
started. We meet many of the folks in the community there with their dogs and kids. Since it hasn’t had a name, we have called it
Spider Park, and many of the neighbors know it as Spider Park. The name came to be due to the large amount of spiders that we
had to clear out of the path to get to the field without being covered in them. Since we have all called it Spider Park, we wanted to
throw the name in the hat to make it official.
PARK NAMING CONTEST ENTRIES – OLD WOODWAY ELMENTARY SCHOOL SITE
68. Cherry Tree Park
69. Cavan Community Park of Southwest
Edmonds
70. Heather Park
71. Victory Park
72. Barack Obama Park (BOP)
73. The Meadows
74. Edmonds Meadow Park
75. Woodway Meadows Park
76. Deadwood Park
77. OIWIWB Park
78. IOTCCWSSS Park
79. Unicorn World Park
80. Horseland Park
81. Sherwood Forest Park
82. Nottingham Park
83. Sherwood Haven
84. Westgate Park
85. Rainbow Park
86. Woodway Meadows Family Park
87. Spider or Spyder Park
Because of the perfectly formed flowering cherry tree that is so symbolic of the place. The tree is not only beautiful, but ties it back to
the days when kids went to school there. (It was called the Kissing Tree according to some of the neighbors’ adult children who
attended school there and lived across 104th from the park.) By the way, I helped save the tree by asking firefighters to not park
equipment on its roots and to stop letting flames lick at it while they were practicing firefighting in the old school building. My wife
Heather and I also convinced the City to save it while developing plans for -- and building – the new park.
For more than 70 years Ellen & Myron Cavan lived in the woods adjacent to the park and were very active in the Edmonds
community. They volunteered at the historical society museum, Senior Center, and were always ready to help others. Though they
had no children of their own, they loved kids and “raised” many. Almost everyone knows Ellen. Myron died more than 10 years ago.
They did much for the community – they deserve to have this park named after them.
Heather Marks has lived near and kept an eye on the area around Old Woodway Elementary School nearly every day over the past
23 years. About 12 years ago she helped persuade the Edmonds School District to not sell the property since it was such a central
meeting place for the “village around it”, including joggers and the “dog people”. When the school district once again decided to sell
the property - - this time in earnest – she helped organize the neighborhood to ask the City to purchase it. Wedging in time on
weekends and evenings while working at the UW and going to graduate school, she put in hundreds of hours on strategies to
persuade City officials of the wisdom of purchasing the property and keeping it available to the public, rather than being covered by
new houses. Others in SW Edmonds put in a lot of work, but Heather was the central player, as others would attest.
Because if was fought for by our community and turned a vision into a reality.
It will be historical due to the year of the Election and quality for Grant Monies to help maintenance. I’ll write the grant (I’ve gotten 2
out 5 so far in my history as an Educator.) We can include monies to assist Yost Pool!
Because the new park has a lovely open area that will be covered in grass soon, it reminds me of a meadow. Plus, its entrance is
beside the entrance to the Woodway Meadows housing development and its sign which reads “Woodway Meadows”. But, it is not in
Woodway, so using the word Meadows ties it to its adjacent neighborhood without implying it’s located in the town of Woodway.
I chose Edmonds, because we in the area the park is on were very fortunate to be annexed into the City of Edmonds many years ago
now, and are no longer in unincorporated Snohomish County. Plus, this area isn’t in Woodway…
Meadow – because the park will be like a meadow once the grass grows in. And, because it’s adjacent to the Woodway Meadows
neighborhood.
Park – ‘cuz it’s a park.
The new park land abuts the Woodway Meadows neighborhood, so is very much a part of Woodway Meadows. And it has been
designed with a large, open, grassy, meadows-like area such that having the word Meadows in its name is most appropriate.
It’s next to the cemetery
Oh I wish it was bigger
If only the City Council wasn’t so short sighted
Because it’s a beautiful name, and I think that a lot of kids will like it.
Because I love Horseland.
Because it borders the Sherwood Forest Neighborhood.
Because it borders the Sherwood Forest Neighborhood.
Because it’s a haven for children and next to Sherwood Forest.
It’s located in the Westgate area of Edmonds.
This should be chosen because I am 4 years old and the park play stuff has all the colors of the rainbow.
Because that is where it is.
Since we got our dog 2 yrs ago, we have been taking her to the field. My mom hates spiders and when the fence was put up my dad
& I had to clear out the path to get rid of the spiders so my mom would go with us to the field. We called it spider park from then on.
Our friends and family all call it Spider Park now too!
PARK NAMING CONTEST ENTRIES – OLD WOODWAY ELMENTARY SCHOOL SITE
88. Wild Island
Wild Island is from the book My Father's Dragon and it's where they boy Elmer Elevator saved the baby dragon from the wild animals.
Kids are sometimes wild, too, and it's like an island for them.
Comments:
I heard that one of the names under consideration for this park is “Sherwood Park” or something to that effect that has the name “Sherwood” in it. I think that would be very confusing to some
people, as Sherwood Elementary School is nearby and has playfields which are used for youth sports. I the think the name “Sherwood” should NOT be used, to avoid confusion.
Whatever the new park is named, Heather (my wife) and I hope the new park is NOT named Sherwood Park or Sherwood Field. Sherwood Field, used by soccer and baseball kids for
decades, is the part of the school property that the city did NOT purchase. Naming it for Sherwood Field serves to remind the people of the area that the city failed to purchase, which it could
have done for not much more money. Buying all 11 acres would have provided Edmonds with a full-size soccer playfield (and the only one to my knowledge the city actually would have
owned.) There are other names that would be more appropriate.
PLEASE DON’T NAME THIS PARK ROBIN HOOD, SHERWOOD, FRIAR TUCK, LITTLE JOHN or any robin hood related name as well as Cliff’s point about the adjoining fields. There’s
already too much Sherwood Forest in our neighborhood.