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Posted on: February 19, 2021

[ARCHIVED] Bicentennial Park Playground Equipment Grant Moves Forward

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — Snohomish County recently notified the city that a $50,000 grant award for playground equipment at Matt Hirvela/Bicentennial Park (4105 222nd Street SW) is moving forward after being put on hold due to the pandemic. This funding is part of Snohomish County’s REET 2 allocation that is distributed as part of the budget process. 

This project will proceed over the next year after obtaining public input on the location, theme, and play components. Over the past few years, the city has organized successive volunteer work projects that have revitalized this neighborhood park including a paved trail loop that was completed in 2018.  This work was recognized with a Trail Spotlight Award by the Washington Recreation and Parks Association.

The property was originally owned by resident Matt Hirvela, who desired to see the site preserved as park property. The site was acquired as a children’s park in 1968 with the aid of state grant funding and donation of the land by Mr. Hirvela. Under the terms of the donation, Mr. Hirvela retained the rights to continue to live on the property in a 900 square foot log cabin in the southwest corner of the property until his death. The cabin was later removed in 2012. The park was dedicated the Matt Hirvela Bicentennial Park on the 4th of July 1976 as part of the Bicentennial Celebration. 

To learn more about Matt Hirvela/Bicentennial Park, visit www.cityofmlt.com/1981. For more information about this project, contact Recreation and Parks Director Jeff Betz at jbetz@mltwa.gov or (425) 640-3101.

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