Post Falls City Council Approves Corbin Park Conceptual Design Plan

After years of failed dog park plans, the Post Falls City Council unanimously approved a design budget for a 1.5-acre off-leash dog park at Corbin Park, with the vote coming as part of a broader conceptual master plan for the 33-acre riverside park that envisions camping, reconfigured playing fields, and better-defined use zones along the north bank of the Spokane River.

The approval, reported March 5, 2026, arrives alongside a conceptual master plan prepared by Eccos Design LLC of Mount Vernon, Washington, that would reshape how residents use the park at the south end of Corbin Road in east Post Falls. The plan calls for adding a small campground and several picnic shelters, reconfiguring roads and parking, and redesigning both the softball field and the disc golf course.

Parks Director Dave Fair said the driving concern is a familiar one for a park that has grown steadily in popularity since the city acquired its initial 28 acres from Kootenai County and the state of Idaho in the 1980s. The park now covers 33 acres and draws fishers, paddlers, disc golfers, and field sport users whose activities increasingly bump up against one another.

"We're trying to define the space so it doesn't have overlaps, which cause conflicts between uses," Fair said.

The campground component is among the most detailed elements in the conceptual plan. Eccos' design shows 23 drive-up campsites arranged in a loop in the west portion of the park, each equipped with electric and water hookups but no sewer connections. Fair said the campground would not be designed for large recreational vehicles, with the sites configured instead for small camping trailers and tents.

The project still has several procedural hurdles ahead. The Parks and Recreation Commission was scheduled to review the conceptual design at its Jan. 26 meeting. If the commission accepts the plan, the project would move into engineering and design phases, still with Eccos, before returning to the City Council for final approval. Construction could only begin after that Council vote.

Fair said he does not yet have a cost estimate for the proposed improvements. The Parks Department plans to pursue grants to help cover expenses, with additional funding expected from a combination of user fees, development impact fees, and park trust funds. Fair estimated the full design and construction process would take two to three years to complete.

The relationship between the Council-approved dog park design budget and the broader Eccos conceptual plan was not fully detailed in available documents, and the exact dollar amount of the approved design budget had not been confirmed as of the Council's action. The city has not yet released a public version of the Eccos conceptual plan or a detailed funding breakdown.

Corbin Park's appeal to a wide range of users, from paddlers launching on the Spokane River to disc golfers and overnight campers, is precisely what has created the pressure to reorganize it. The master plan represents the city's most structured attempt yet to balance those competing demands on a park that has expanded considerably since it was first assembled from county and state land more than four decades ago.