Share your input!

View an on-demand information session or the meeting presentation and comment online from March 24 – April 12 at tempe.gov/forum.

An in-person open house was held Tuesday, March 24, at Tempe Center for the Arts to collect feedback.

Additional public input opportunities will be available later this spring and summer.

In fall 2018, Tempe adopted the Rio Salado and Beach Park Master Plan, a comprehensive planning document that provides improvement recommendations that will shape the area over the next 20 to 30 years. The plan is a collection of maps and overlays that capture the ideas and recommendations that the city has received for the long-term vision of the area. There is no funding attached to any of the proposed ideas. 

The Rio Salado and Beach Park area includes both sides of Tempe Town Lake between Priest Drive and Rural Road.  The master plan focuses on programming, infrastructure, access, use of space and land/water activities to provide a blueprint for future of the area.  

Read the plan

The Rio Salado Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that manages historically significant restorations and economic development projects along the Rio Salado Corridor and Papago Park, funding more than $18 million in projects around Tempe Town Lake and Papago Park since 2001. The Foundation is the catalyst organization and the honest broker connecting individuals with projects to facilitate their completion. One of the current projects they are working on is the Arizona Boathouse and Welcome Center, located next to the marina. 

At the request of U.S. Senator McCain, Arizona State University is currently serving as a community convener of the Rio Reimagined project. Initial work has focused on precedent project studies and stakeholder engagement. While ASU has provided financial, intellectual and organizational resources to begin the journey, Rio Reimagined belongs to and will be directed by the eight Valley communities along the river corridor.

Craig Hayton, Community Services
craig_hayton@tempe.gov
480-350-5234

Shauna Warner, Neighborhood Services
shauna_warner@tempe.gov
480-350-8883

Rio Salado and Beach Park Master Plan implementation materials:

Council Work Study  April 4, 2019 Memo

Council Work Study  April 4, 2019 Presentation 

Council Work Study Jan. 21 Memo

Council Work Study Jan. 21 Presentation

Rio Salado and Beach Park Master Plan materials:

Rio Salado and Beach Park Master Plan background materials:

May 9, 2018 Public Meeting Presentation

May 9 - 18, 2018 Public Input Summary

Sept. 2 - Oct. 1, 2020 Public Input Summary