Doral invites residents to name new park | Miami Herald

Doral is getting ready to name its newest place to play.

Residents have until Nov. 6 to submit suggestions for the name of the new park at Northwest 114th Avenue and 82nd Street. Whoever comes up with the neatest name wins.

The park — which for now is called “Northwest 114th Avenue Park” — will cover more than 18 acres. The project planning began in the 2013-14 fiscal year, and the City Council unanimously approved the concept in March. It is expected to be finished in about two years.

The project will cost $15 million to $18 million, according to Vice Mayor Christi Fraga. She said it has been in the works for almost three years.

It will be Doral’s seventh, and largest, park.

“It’s going to provide additional facilities and activities for our residents,” Fraga said. “It’s going to be beautiful.”

The park, Fraga said, will provide much-needed space for basketball leagues, painting-with-mommy classes, Zumba and other activities.

According to its concept design presentation, the park will have the following amenities:

▪ Walking and running paths.

▪ About 320 parking spaces.

The park will also have a recreation center with space for aerobics and dance studios, an indoor playroom, a multipurpose auditorium with a stage, a covered-terrace indoor gymnasium and a game room.