Park and Green Space Projects

Urban Forest Grant Project

The City of Madison Tree Board has announced a new Urban Forest Tree Grant Project for 2025-2026. This project consists of 45 various native trees being planted throughout the city in the following locations:

  • Johnson Lake,

  • Georgetown,

  • West Third Street,

  • Heritage Trail (working in coordination with the Madison-Hanover Connector Trail project that is in progress).

This project will begin in the summer of 2025.

Madison/Hanover Connector Trail

Beginning downtown branching off of the Heritage Trail, the trail will cross Crooked Creek and progress westward through Clifty Falls State Park on into Hanover, connecting with Hanover College, and ending at the Hanover Beach Hill Road. 

This is a part of our 5-Year Parks Master Plan. In it's completion over multiple phases, the trail will be 6 miles in length, partnering with Hanover College, IKEC, the State Park, City of Madison and the Madison Heritage Trail Conservancy for property ownership. This project will tie our downtown into the south entrance of Clifty Falls, allowing bicyclists and hikers to travel between the areas freely. This project also partners with the regional development authority's goal to have a world-class trails system in the 5-county region, connecting with trails that will extend into the Jeffersonville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky areas. 

Partners: Madison Heritage Trail Conservancy, City of Madison, Southern Indiana Regional Development Authority.

Developer/Contractor: Jacobi, Toombs and Lanz & Prime AE.

Estimated Costs: 2.5 Million

Funding Sources: The Southern Indiana Regional Development Authority, READI grant match through the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, Indiana Department of Natural Resources Next Level Trails grant.

John Paul Park Project

Revitalizing this park had been long overdue, and now we are working to refresh this space to increase its use and benefit to the community it services. 

Damon Welch Park Project

Reimagining this park to better use the space it possesses, the new park will host a new walking loop, pickleball courts, volleyball court, playground, and shelter space for community use.