An illustration shows what the park now known as Weeden Park will look like once construction is finished. | City of St. Augustine
Published on March 25, 2024 at 4:12 pm
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Work continues to convert an empty city lot at Weeden and DeHaven streets into a park. The question now is what to call it.
The Lincolnville Community Redevelopment Area paid to create the 2,000-square-foot park in 2022 in the city’s historic Lincolnville neighborhood. The park has informally been referred to as Weeden Park given its location at 81 Weeden St., but the city hopes the community can come up with other ideas.
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Lincolnville CRA Manager Jaime Perkin said the goal is to turn the once-dilapidated parcel into a passive park where people can take a seat and enjoy the outdoors. Construction is expected to be completed this summer.
“It’s an opportunity to create green space in this neighborhood,” Perkins said.
The city is relying on community input to name the park, she said, so she and her team hope locals come with lots of ideas.
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During a St. Augustine City Commission meeting March 11, City Commissioner Barbara Blonder floated the idea of naming the park after a figure of the Civil Rights Movement.
St. Augustine will host two public park naming workshops Tuesday at the Willie Galimore Recreation Center, 399 Riberia St. The first will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the second from 4 to 7 p.m. The results of the workshops will provide input to the city ahead of an official public survey.
