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SITE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS <br /> Park History <br /> The Everett Parks and Recreation Strategic Master Plan <br /> identifies Senator Henry M. Jackson Park as a community <br /> park. Originally founded in 1917 as Riverdale Park, the park <br /> was renamed and rededicated on July 4, 1992 in honor of <br /> Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson. Senator Jackson was <br /> born in Everett in 1912 and passed away in 1983. While serv- <br /> ing in Congress for 43 years he was a proponent of civil rights, <br /> authored the National Environmental Policy Act, and promoted <br /> statehood for Alaska and Hawaii. During the last 90 years the <br /> park has provided the Everett community with a variety of <br /> public amenities including picnic shelters, a community house <br /> for campers, garden plots for 1,800 people, baseball/softball <br /> fields, restrooms, children's play areas, and grassy open <br /> space. The first 4-acre baseball diamond was completed in <br /> 1940 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). <br /> The park has increased in size from 10 acres in 1917 to its <br /> current size of approximately 15 acres. The existing park <br /> conditions reflect the most recent master plan design <br /> completed in 1977. <br /> rte'' JI {r <br /> ,wy 401144164 „ <br /> Local baseball players enjoy a quiet practice game at River- <br /> dale Ballpark in April 1954. The park was built by the <br /> Works Progress Administration during the 1930s. <br /> Everett Herald <br /> 8 City of Everett <br />