The expansion will add approximately 2.4 acres to the park, featuring a central pavilion, new sidewalks, and enhanced accessibility.
We鈥檙e getting our first look at the final design for Huntsville鈥檚 Big Spring Park expansion.
If you love spending time at Big Spring Park, you're going to love what's coming. The expansion is packed with new features and fun upgrades.
The project will take over the site of the old city hall building at 308 Fountain Circle adding about 2.4 more acres to the park. There will be new terraced plaza levels, a central pavilion, brand-new sidewalks, and better accessibility for everyone. You鈥檒l also see landscaping upgrades, public art, a playground, and even a peaceful water feature.
Mayor Tommy Battle said, 鈥淭hey鈥檒l enjoy just more added space and as you expand that space we鈥檒l have more events. Maybe we鈥檒l have people performing on part of the mountainside and we鈥檒l be all the way down on the flat lands down there with our lawn chairs being able to watch a lot like we do now with the Museum of Art and having shows every Monday and concerts in the park. We can have more and more events like concerts in the park.鈥
The city says one of the features includes a lower terrace that links Big Spring Park East and West that will provide an overlook of the park鈥檚 ponds. The city added that terraced walks and walls will create seamless movement across the sloped landscape.
Mayor Battle added, 鈥淚 think it鈥檚 really important that we realize we got to expand our parks, as we expand our population downtown and we鈥檙e expanding population every night we鈥檙e having people using the parks, enjoying the area of the park and this is one of our one chance to add to our park.鈥
City officials say the planning process took time and effort, but they believe it鈥檚 going to pay off in a big way.
Next up the city council still needs to vote on the final design. But if all goes according to plan, the expansion should be finished by mid-2027.
