Status
As of May 2008
Phase: Planning
Design has begun for a new restroom at Richmond Highlands Field. Meetings with user groups began in January to help identify needed improvements at other fields. A cost and project matrix is being developed to assist the Park Board with prioritizing projects to be completed with available Bond funds. Project design will begin in 2008, with construction in 2009 and 2010. Restroom and street frontage improvements at Richmond Highlands ball fields is the first priority project for these bond funds .

• After the list is prioritized with cost estimates, the committee will recommend to the Park Board what projects will be completed with the available Park Bond funding.
• Design will begin after the projects have been prioritized.

Overview & History
In May 2006, Shoreline voters approved a bond issue to acquire park property and improve parks throughout the community.  One element of that bond was to make field improvements at a variety of parks including Richmond Highlands, Ridgecrest, Hillwood and Shoreview including backstop, dugout, scoreboard and restroom repairs and improvements.

Richmond Highlands Park:  4.2 acres.  In 1910, the Seattle-Everett Traction Company established the name “Richmond Highlands” to designate the stop at North 185th and Aurora Avenue North nearest to Richmond Beach.  Richmond Highlands was named to differentiate the area from Richmond Beach.  In 1950, as the Shoreline School District planned for a new Ronald School building next door to the old one, the Lions Club and the Richmond Highlands Community Club along with other interested parties, moved the old Ronald School lunchroom and auditorium building to North 167th Street and Fremont Avenue North, the site of the new Richmond Highlands Recreation Center which was under the protective arm of the School District.  In 1952, the North District Council of Clubs petitioned the School District to turn over the property and operation of the recreation center to the King County Parks Department.

Richmond Highlands Park is located in the west central portion of the City in the Richmond Highlands Neighborhood.  The park is a rectangular shaped parcel with the Richmond Highlands Recreation Center (RHRC) fronting on Fremont Avenue North.  The open space area and ball fields are behind the recreation center adjacent to North 167th Street.  A new playground structure was installed in 2003.  The area surrounding the park is completely developed and consists of a mixture of single-family, multi-family and commercial uses.

Historical information provided by Vicki Stiles, Shoreline Historical Museum.