ORIGIN PARK

Explore, Connect, Preserve.

Origin Park is an evolving new urban riverfront park of 430 acres on the north shore of the Ohio River, in Clarksville, Indiana. This park celebrates and embraces the unpredictable Ohio River and the floods that come from it. Origin Park is already open in limited designated areas to the public.

PARK STORIES

A Morning Tree Walk

Oh, to be three-and-a-half-year-old Anola Bezuska and be stomping around in a big fat puddle of water wearing a light blue dress and bright yellow boots. Her stomp location was Origin Park. The occasion was a park-sponsored winter walking tour to identify – and discuss – its many and diverse trees as well as the larger vision for the 430-acre park just across the Ohio River from Louisville...

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Woman touching tree trunk in a park with car, road and brown foliage.

A Morning Tree Walk

Oh, to be three-and-a-half-year-old Anola Bezuska and be stomping around in a big fat puddle of water wearing a light blue dress and bright yellow boots. Her stomp location was Origin Park. The occasion was a park-sponsored winter walking tour to identify – and discuss – its many and diverse trees as well as the larger vision for the 430-acre park just across the Ohio River from Louisville...

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Woman touching tree trunk in a park with car, road and brown foliage.
Old tire leaning in overgrown area of the park  white fence and road sign visible.

How we’re turning wasteland into wonderland at Origin Park

Origin Park recently took a walk in the park with our environmental consultant, Michael Yergin of Indianapolis-based SME, to talk about how we’re going to turn landfills into park spaces, thanks to an EPA Brownfields multi-purpose grant.


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Old tire leaning in overgrown rural area, white fence and road sign visible.

How we’re turning wasteland into wonderland at Origin Park

Origin Park recently took a walk in the park with our environmental consultant, Michael Yergin of Indianapolis-based SME, to talk about how we’re going to turn landfills into park spaces, thanks to an EPA Brownfields multi-purpose grant.


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