In November 2008, the City of Sheridan acquired a 40+-acre undeveloped property along Little Goose Creek between Sheltered Acres Park to the north and Brundage Lane to the south. The vast majority of the property lies within a natural flood plain immediately prior to the start of the Sheridan flood control channel, making the property unsuitable for most types of development without significant impact to the overall flood control system.

In March 2009, the City of Sheridan commissioned a public outreach and visioning process to identify potential development of a new City park on the purchased property. This public process was an outgrowth of two related overarching processes, the North Main Master Plan and the Parks and Recreation Master Plan.