The Zionsville Lions Park Master Plan serves as a comprehensive blueprint aimed at assessing and strategically guiding the park's long-term development. Its purpose is to align the park's evolution with the Zionsville Lions Club's goals and objectives while addressing the community's needs.

This plan acts as a roadmap for future enhancements, encompassing both major projects and incremental upgrades to ensure the park continues to serve as a vibrant community asset for many generations to come.  This plan is a “living” document that can be updated to reflect changes in needs, priorities, and/or funding strategies. Click here to learn more about the master planning process.

The Lions Park Master Plan utilized a triangulated needs assessment methodology to ensure the community’s highest priorities were accurately identified for the park’s long-range improvement plan. A triangulated approach combines multiple analysis and engagement techniques, helping to reduce potential bias and strengthen the reliability of results. In this process, the more frequently a specific need was identified across different assessment methods, the higher it was prioritized for inclusion in the final master plan recommendations. Click here to find out what we learned!

Progress is underway on several initiatives, including projects led by the Zionsville Little League. Construction of the new Shelter House Plaza commenced in late spring 2025 and is scheduled for completion by the 2025 Fall Festival. The Zionsville Little League is actively enhancing the existing ball diamonds by installing new scoreboards, upgraded dugouts, synthetic turf batter’s boxes, and improved field lighting. In addition, Field #1 is undergoing a comprehensive renovation and will be designated as a new game field for both baseball and softball beginning with the 2026 season.

This is a long-range planning document that will allow the Lions Club to make immediate and incremental progress towards large-scale, long-term goals.  Work has already begun on some of the smaller projects which fit within the current funding available, while some of the large-scale projects may take many years to complete unless additional funding becomes available.

This long-range planning document is designed to enable the Lions Club to make immediate, incremental progress towards large-scale, long-term goals. Certain smaller initiatives, aligned with current budgetary resources, are already underway. However, the completion of larger projects may span years or decades until additional funding is secured.

The cumulative cost of the improvements outlined in the long-range master plan is estimated to be several million dollars. Implementation of these projects is expected to proceed incrementally as funding permits. Major initiatives will likely necessitate supplementary fundraising efforts, sponsorships, and strategic partnerships to ensure their successful completion. If you are interested in becoming a donor, sponsor, or project partner, please click here to connect with the Lions Club.

Zionsville Lions Park owes its current success to the efforts of numerous volunteers and committed community partners. The Zionsville Lions Club anticipates undertaking certain projects independently, while continuing collaborations with the Zionsville Little League and the Town of Zionsville on additional initiatives. Furthermore, the Lions Club is seeking new community partners interested in contributing to this vision; those who wish to participate are encouraged to contact us here.

While the master plan vision primarily emphasizes the development and utilization of the recently acquired land to the north – a key priority of the community and the Zionsville Lions Club, it also provides a range of recommendations and initiatives designed to enhance the activation, safety, and overall functionality of the existing areas of Zionsville Lions Park.

For over seven decades, Lions Park has served as the home of the Zionsville Little League (ZLL), during which time ZLL has invested considerable resources in the development, enhancement, and ongoing maintenance of the baseball and softball facilities. This master plan is designed to guide the long-term vision for the entire park, incorporating extensive feedback from ZLL. Ultimately, ZLL retains responsibility for determining priorities and providing funding for improvements or initiatives related to the baseball and softball diamonds.

Achieving the community’s vision for Lions Park will require collective effort and collaboration. If you are interested in participating, please click here to connect with a representative of the Zionsville Lions Club.