Freeway Park Association

Why Donate

Help us CELEBRATE Freeway Park’s 50th Anniversary! Freeway Park opened on July 4th, 1976, the result of years of grassroots organizing, visionary planning and innovative design. Now, 50 years later the park is a time honored icon, neighborhood connector, community event space and leafy refuge in Downtown Seattle. What will the next 50 years bring?

Your funding will support Freeway Park Association to produce a robust summer of arts events, public tours and community gatherings, honoring Freeway Park’s historic legacy and celebrating the communities united by this singular, downtown park.

Our Mission

The Freeway Park Association engages and mobilizes people, organizations, and resources to create dynamic public experiences, community-building opportunities and engagement with art and education for an inviting, beautiful, and celebrated Jim Ellis Freeway Park.

The Freeway Park Association is the driving force behind Seattle’s most iconic urban park and is a model for public/private partnerships for the stewardship of public places. 

Our Park

Freeway Park is Seattle’s most unique urban park and one of PBS’s “10 parks that changed America”. Designed by Lawrence Halprin & Associates to reconnect Seattle neighborhoods across I5, it is widely considered a masterwork of American design and a precedent-setting park that single-handedly defined a new land-use typology for cities everywhere. However, despite its credentials, Freeway Park is still one of Seattle’s best-kept secrets, a hidden gem in the heart of the city. Help bring this national and local treasure to life on its 50th Anniversary with your Give Big support! 

Our Work

Freeway Park Association activates and advocates for Freeway Park with free enriching and educational programs, stewardship opportunities, and fundraising to honor and enhance this Seattle landmark park. Visit our website to learn more about our work and our partners.