Neighbors sprout new park after rallying for century-old Sioux Falls block

Central city neighborhood celebrates completion of Lincoln Commons

Evan Caldwell and his daughter Everleith, 6, and son Reuben, 3, on what will be a walking path at Lincoln Commons, the former site of an elementary school at Ninth Street and Grange Avenue in Sioux Falls, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Patrick Lalley / Sioux Falls Live)

A central Sioux Falls neighborhood block is getting new life thanks to a community effort to transform the space into a public park.

The Sioux Falls School District is also earning praise for providing the land for the project, which will become Lincoln Commons at Ninth Street and Grange Avenue.

Organizers, school officials, and city representatives will mark the opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, Oct. 30, at 5:30 p.m. The site was formerly home to Lincoln Elementary School and had been slated for redevelopment before neighbors pushed to preserve it as a green space.

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