A Proven Partnership Model
Friends of Huntridge Park has been created as a community led organization that will collaborate and work directly with the City of Las Vegas through a public-private partnership to support the re-opening, ongoing maintenance and programming for Huntridge Park.
Huntridge Circle Park has been closed before. It has reopened before. And without the right plan, the right partners, and the right community investment, history has a way of repeating itself. We're not interested in repeating history.
Friends of Huntridge Park is taking a different approach — one built on genuine collaboration, creative problem-solving, and the kind of sustained community engagement that turns a reopening into a transformation. In December 2025, we partnered with UNLV's Landscape Architecture Program to kick off that vision, bringing third-year students to Las Vegas City Hall to present bold redesign concepts inspired by desert ecology, neighborhood history, and the people who live here. The response from neighbors and City staff was electric.
That showcase was just one piece of a much greater effort. We're actively working with the City of Las Vegas, UNLV faculty and students, and community organizations to explore every possible avenue toward a sustainable reopening and a formal Public-Private Partnership (P3). New ideas are on the table. New partners are joining the conversation. And the neighborhood is showing up. This time, we're doing it right.
UNLV LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM COLLABORATION
The Financial Reality
The Friends of Huntridge Park have created a solution that addresses the real costs and issues the city has been facing with this park.
The Proposal
We are in the process of confirming costs for Huntridge Park to relocate those funds so that Friends of Huntridge Park Organization can manage the operations and program the park appropriately. Making better use of the funds.
The Additional Investment
To be determined based on the design for the reconstruction of the park, will come from private donors, foundation grants, corporate sponsors, and community fundraising. This will represent significant private investment, leveraging the city's existing park allocation to create a valuable community asset.
Addressing Safety Concerns
Safety concerns about the park are legitimate and will be addressed through proven strategies. The approach is based on documented success: the most effective security is an active, engaged community. When people regularly use a space for positive activities—children playing, families gathering, neighbors exercising—that consistent activity creates natural safety.
We will be engaging the community and collaborating with the City of Las Vegas and other agencies to help come up with solutions to safely reopen the park.