Park at Midtown Commons

Calling all tweens and teens! Staff want to ensure the tween and teen area of the park is a place where you want to spend time, feel welcome, and build a sense of ownership in the space. Community members who are 10-18 years old are encouraged to take our survey to provide your input through August 3. Your feedback will help shape a space that’s made for you!

Update July 2026

Missoula Parks and Recreation design team are working on design development of the Park at Midtown Commons master plan. Missoula Parks and Recreation board approved the master plan at their May 12, 2026 meeting. View the meeting video and related documents here. View the Final Master Plan Park Design and Read the Final Master Plan Narrative.

On Monday, May 18, 2026, City Council approved the purchase and sale agreements and the development agreement for the Midtown Commons development. View the meeting video and related documents.

March 19, 2026

Thank you to the community members who joined City of Missoula Parks and Recreation staff at the Midtown Commons Draft Park Master Plan Open House and provided feedback through the online survey. The master plan was developed through consultation with area residents during the design workshop described below.

Park Design Workshop (November 19, 2025)

Design your new neighborhood park! The Southgate Triangle neighborhood is getting an approximately 1.3-acre park at Ernest and Schilling as part of the planned Midtown Commons development.

Public comment via online survey for feedback on the early project design has ended. More opportunities will be provided for public comment through the duration of this process. Please stay updated by following the project located on the side bar on the right hand side.

On November 19 residents gathered to help the Parks and Recreation Department design the new park at midtown commons. This 1.3 acre park will be constructed as part of the new Midtown Commons project. The design workshop builds upon past public processes, including the PROST 2040 plan, The Midtown Master Plan, and Our Missoula 2045 Land Use Plan. The park will be designed to provide a "complete park experience", which means it should include the following: Nature space, play space, active recreation space, and social/cultural space.

Residents worked with the Parks and Recreation design team to come up with overarching goals for what the park should feel and do for different people living in the neighborhood. These "values", "interests" and "words that describe the space" were used to guide the design of the park. Workshop participants then worked in small groups to create designs for the park space that accounted for the work that was done earlier in the evening. The result was several design plans that will be used to inform the final master plan, and ultimately what will be built in the park space.

Full Development Proposal: Neighborhood Park Location in the Green