Your Voice: Legacy Greenscapes

Submitted by Ed Mastrean for Legacy Greenscapes

Representatives of local char­i­ties par­tic­i­pat­ing in the 2024 Good Giving cam­paign are encour­aged to sub­mit infor­ma­tion­al pieces such as this one to our Your Voice feature.

Legacy Greenscapes, formed as a non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tion in 2017, pro­vides the peo­ple of Clark County with a fun, clean, safe, and beau­ti­ful pub­lic space.

Beginning in 2012, The Greater Clark Foundation brought togeth­er peo­ple to share their dreams and ideas for trans­form­ing the for­mer apple grove and Clark County Hospital cam­pus to a pub­lic park and green space.

Today, Legacy Grove is open to the pub­lic every day and fea­tures an inno­v­a­tive children’s play area, a walk­ing trail, two dog parks, and a nature area. The free pro­grams and activ­i­ties ben­e­fit­ing the com­mu­ni­ty were rec­og­nized when the Chamber of Commerce award­ed Legacy Greenscapes with the 2023 Non-Profit of the Year Award. Just a few of the many activ­i­ties include:

• Rockin’Paint
• Discovery Days
• Earth Day Celebration
• Star Parties
• Legacy Nights Concerts
• Art Discovery Days
• Howl O’Ween
• Dia De Los Muertes Festival

Legacy Grove brings peo­ple in our com­mu­ni­ty togeth­er by engag­ing all stake­hold­ers and ampli­fy­ing the say­ing, “Great com­mu­ni­ties have great parks.”

Our pri­vate­ly owned pub­lic park oper­ates pri­mar­i­ly on con­tri­bu­tions from fam­i­lies, busi­ness­es, and cor­po­ra­tions. This gen­eros­i­ty assures con­tin­ued pro­gram­ming oppor­tu­ni­ties and free access to all activ­i­ties and year-long park maintenance.

Thank you, Winchester/Clark County peo­ple, for your past sup­port. We ask that you remem­ber Legacy Greenscapes in this year’s Good Giving cam­paign, which starts December 3 and runs through December 6.