Hidden Creek Park West

Location: Hillsboro

Cost: $12.5 million

Completion: October 2023

Owner/Developer: City of Hillsboro

Architect: MIG

Engineer: KPFF

General Contractor: P&C Construction

Submitting Company: P&C Construction

Subcontractors: AC&E Electric, American Direct Sales, B&T Striping and Curbing, Earthscape, Gibson Door & Millwork, Goodfellow Brothers, HVAC, Lacey Glass, LaRusso Concrete, Metro Access Control, Milne Masonry, Northwest Playground Equipment, Pioneer Sheet Metal, Prairie Electric, Rich Holland Painting, Teufel Landscape

The Hidden Creek Park West project involved a new 11-acre park on the west side of 53rd Avenue in Hillsboro. Adjacent to the 53rd Avenue Community Park and just south of the newly completed Hidden Creek Community Center, Hidden Creek Park West is one part of Hillsboro’s new “trifecta.”

The park project, led by P&C Construction, was designed and built for people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds connecting, creating and strengthening the Hillsboro community.

The project scope included natural play features, a sand and water play area, specialized runnel paving, naturalistic plantings, pathways and trails, a fitness area, a play space for pop-up activities, a games area, shade structures, picnic pavilion, restrooms, parking and open spaces filled with climate-adapting landscaping and native restoration plants.

The park features a custom play structure designed and fabricated by Earthscape Play Structures. With feedback from the community, the structure came from the city’s “Woods Gone Wild” theme and features a Forest Giant emerging from the woods. The giant’s name, Oro, was voted on by the community and comes from “HillsbORO.” It means “gold” in Spanish. Following in the large footsteps of storybook characters like the Iron Giant, B.F.G. and Clifford the Big Red Dog, Oro lays on the forest floor with an outstretched hand and bent legs, inviting children to join its world.

Children can embark on adventures through a waterway/stream, an interactive marvel that was a true collaborative effort. The team, including community members, designers and fabricators from Nassal a fabricator of installations at major theme parks like Sea World and Disneyland worked tirelessly to create an immersive “river experience.”

Shotcrete, a durable material selected for its resilience, forms the foundation of the flowing waterway. With the push of a button, visitors can activate the electronic system that releases water from the “top” of the river, cascading down in a mesmerizing display. The result? A lifelike river, complete with access points for children to splash, play and create with real dirt and mud.

What sets Hidden Creek Park West apart is its unwavering commitment to inclusivity. A “communications board” allows non-verbal children to express themselves, while safe and aesthetically pleasing fencing offers parents peace of mind.

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