Along with sports courts, a skate park, pedestrian and bicycle paths and a variety of gardens, Gathering Place is also home to a beach and a pond where visitors can rent paddleboats, kayaks or canoes.

The Gathering Place has been nominated for USA Today's 10 Best City Park and Best Public Playground 2025. Voting is opening now and ends on Monday, April 7 at 11 a.m. Votes can be cast daily ...