On Monday, September 15, 2025, the City of Frederick hosted a public design meeting for the Westside Community Center at the Butterfly Ridge Elementary School Recreation Center to share conceptual diagrams, gather feedback, and invite public input on program priorities. The meeting is part of the City’s Westside Regional Park action-plan process, which envisions a modern community center (approximately 24,000 sq. ft.) along with sports fields, walking paths, and a destination playground; City materials and a consultant Action Plan with conceptual drawings and an asset-prioritization matrix have been published as part of the planning record. During the presentation the audience was asked to complete a survey about including art and other design elements in the center.
Dozens of residents attended the Monday meeting to review diagrams and ask questions; elected officials including City Council members Katie Nash and Derek Shackelford were present and took part in the discussion with staff and consultants. Discussion around program options, opinion-of-cost ranges, and visual site concepts that will guide the next phases of community outreach and design. The City continues to solicit public input through online surveys and follow-up engagement so that final designs reflect local priorities for recreation, arts, aquatics, and programming.