Preliminary plans are in the works to renovate Hanscom Park. The city and volunteers have been working together the past eight months to come up with a master plan.

The view of Hanscom Park — along their very own Park Avenue — was a major perk. “The park is gorgeous in all seasons,” Eric says.

Hanscom Park is on land donated by Andrew Hanscom and James Megeath in 1872. It was developed into a park in 1889, one of the first by the city's newly created Park Commission.

WEBVTT JULIE: KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S ALEXANDRA STONE IS LIVE. ALEXANDER: GUYS, THIS LAGOON IS THE MAIN PIECE OF THE PROJECT HERE AT HANSCOM PARK, THOUGH MANY OF THE CHANGES, WON’T BE VISIBLE TO ...

The Hanscom Park Green Infrastructure Project, completed in 2020, reshaped parts of the park to reduce runoff. Now, 150 years later, their gift of Hanscom Park is still bringing pleasure to Omahans.

The yearly event is hosted by Keep Omaha Beautiful and their partners like the Blue Bucket Project and Volunteer in Parks. Volunteers headed to the park to help pick up trash, left over firework ...

Andrew J. Hanscom and James Megeath stepped up when Omaha was lacking a city park. Their business motives aside, their donation of land in “southwest Omaha” became a civic treasure, Hanscom ...