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OPN ARCHITECTS + <br />CITY OF LITTLE CANADA 18 <br />Relevant Project Experience <br />Sleepy Hollow Sports Park, located in Des Moines, Iowa, has long been a <br />staple of local recreation. Offering everything from winter activities like <br />skiing, snowboarding, and tubing to summer attractions such as mini- <br />golf and festivals, the park was a popular destination for many. However, <br />over time, a lack of maintenance led to the closure of several attractions, <br />including skiing, creating a gap in the community’s recreational offerings. <br />Recognizing the park’s value, Polk County Conservation stepped in to <br />preserve its legacy and modernize its operations. OPN was hired to bring <br />Sleepy Hollow to a new phase of revitalization. The project will feature a <br />new 18,000-square-foot lodge to support ski activities and the larger <br />community through a restaurant, lounge spaces, and a multi-purpose <br />room that can be rented. The Sleepy Hollow staff will have offices in the <br />building, in addition to a ski rental shop and retail space. Accessibility and <br />universal design have been a guiding principle for the project, as well as <br />sustainability and being good stewards of the environment. <br />In addition to the new lodge, the project consists of regrading the site to <br />accommodate a new Snowflex system, a synthetic material that when <br />sprayed with water allows for skiing and snowboarding when it’s too <br />warm to make snow. The county had already installed a 600-foot trail <br />of Snowflex in 2023, making it the longest all-weather turf snow run in <br />the world. <br />Features also include a new bunny hill, new entry drives, parking lot, and a <br />new 7,000-square-foot maintenance building. A new ski lift, snowmaking <br />system, ropetow and other site work are planned. The project is new <br />construction and is anticipating issuing documents for bid in mid-2026. <br />Sleepy Hollow Sports Park <br />Location Des Moines, Iowa <br />Year 2027 (estimated) <br />Delivery Design-Bid-Build <br />Size 18,000 square foot (lodge) <br />Cost Withheld <br />Contact Kami Rankin, Deputy Director <br /> Polk County Conservation <br /> (515) 323-5363 <br /> Kami.Rankin@polkcountyiowa.gov <br />Restoration of winter activities, new lodge focus of sports park revitalization