Park at Midtown Commons

New Park Development: Midtown Commons

UPDATE — February 27, 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. 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