The RTC's rebuild of Arrowcreek Parkway and Wedge Parkway was paid for as road maintenance. The roads were about 30 years old and worn out. Its biggest change for people who live in ArrowCreek is a 10-foot shared-use path on the east side of Wedge Parkway. That path puts an ice rink, a branch library, a disc golf course and three soccer fields within reach without a car, all on the grounds of South Valleys Regional Park at 15650 Wedge Parkway. Until now, most of the route had no sidewalk at all.
A Repaving Budget That Paid for a Sidewalk
The project started out as road maintenance. When construction was announced in June 2025, KOLO reported that both parkways would get full-depth reconstruction. The plan also included new curb, gutter and sidewalks, better ADA ramps, updated bike lane markings, drainage work, and a longer left-turn lane from Wedge Parkway onto Mt. Rose Highway. The Arrowcreek Parkway work ran from Thomas Creek Road to just east of Wedge. On Wedge, the limits were Mt. Rose Highway to Whites Creek Lane. The new path follows the east side of that Wedge stretch.
The RTC awarded the contract to Granite Construction on May 1, 2025, for $9,884,884. The schedule went like this:
- June 2025: expected notice to proceed for construction.
- Mid-December 2025: work on the shared-use path was continuing, according to the RTC's December 12 traffic report.
- December 23, 2025: KOLO reported the project was substantially complete.
- January 5, 2026: the RTC's December 19 traffic report scheduled Granite to return, weather permitting, to finish the path's striping and signage.
- May 2, 2026: KOLO reported the project was finished.
KOLO put the total cost at nearly $12 million. The money came from a pavement preservation program that recycles the old pavement and the aggregate base under it to build the new roadbed. In that same KOLO story, RTC Engineering Manager Amanda Callegari explained what the path was for:
"There is definitely a need to provide that safe access for kids or families who are walking to soccer games there at the park. It was a great way to spend our rehab budget to bring those improvements to the community."
KOLO also reported that the improvements give people on foot safer routes in places that had no sidewalks before. The park Callegari mentioned is South Valleys Regional Park, and it holds more than soccer fields.
One Park, Four Reasons to Walk There
Washoe County's page for South Valleys Regional Park lists two reservable picnic pavilions, children's playgrounds, a lighted Little League four-plex, three soccer fields, a disc golf course, restrooms and paved parking. The Little League and soccer fields are by permit only. The county also notes easy access from Arrowcreek Parkway. Two more buildings share the grounds: the South Valleys Branch of the Washoe County Library and Reno Ice, the community skating rink.
With indoor ice and an indoor library next to the outdoor fields, the walk is still worth taking in October and in January, long after soccer season ends.
Reno Ice Runs All Winter
Reno Ice opened in January 2021. It is run by the Greater Reno Community Ice Skating Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded to build and maintain the rink. Current posted prices on Reno Ice's public skate page and homepage:
- Public skate: $12 for ages 5 and up, $6 for ages 4 and under
- Skate rental or skate-aid rental: $5 each
- Adult-only skate: $14
- Stick & Puck: $16.50 for players, $8 for goalies
- Adult drop-in hockey: $22.50 for ages 19 and up, or $25 for the 50+ drop-in, with full equipment required
Public skates are offered several times a week, including weekends. The calendar shifts, so it is best to check the Reno Ice schedule before heading over. Learn to Skate classes for children and adults meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. The 12-week course costs $192 and includes rental skates when needed. The current fall session ends October 31, 2026, and winter dates have not been posted yet. The rink's fall Ice Breakers clinic for adult beginners meets Monday nights through November 16 and is already full. Reno Ice says it holds themed public skates around major holidays but has not announced dates for this season.
Because of these hours, the path gets use on weeknights and in winter, not only on soccer Saturdays.
The Yellow Library Is Next Door
The library building gets its nickname from the county itself. Washoe County calls the South Valleys Branch the "Yellow Library." It opened in May 2003. Architect Michael Brendle chose the bright yellow to echo local wildflowers such as rabbitbrush and sagebrush, which travelers on Highway 580 can see from the road.
The branch's page lists these hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. Regular programs include story times, STEAM, music and crafts for families, along with events for adults. This week's calendar for the branch includes:
- a Time-out Tuesday drum circle for adults on October 13
- a scarecrow paper craft at Crafternoon on October 14
- a chickadee program at STEAM Thursday for ages 6 and up on October 15
All three run from 4 to 5 p.m. Some of these listings are labeled online, so check the format on the library's event page before planning a walk around one. Family Story Time is set for Saturday, October 24, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
The Wedge, Behind the Soccer Fields
The park's disc golf course is called The Wedge. The PDGA's course listing dates from 2016, so conditions may have changed since. It describes a permanent nine-hole course, 2,025 feet in total and mostly hilly. Eight of the nine holes are under 300 feet, and the course sits behind the soccer fields next to the freeway. With holes that short, a full round fits into an hour or less outdoors, which works well with a late-fall walk.
Farther Along Wedge Parkway
Wedge Parkway also has the corridor's everyday errands. Raley's is at 18144 Wedge Parkway. Sunrise Cafe lists its address as 18603 Wedge Parkway. The RTC sources give the path's side and the limits of the roadwork. They do not map exactly where the path starts and ends, where it crosses the road, or whether it connects directly to every business lot. It's worth walking the route once before counting on it for a coffee run.
More may come to this stretch eventually. In May 2026, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported that permit applications had been filed for two parcels totaling just under 33 acres off Wedge Parkway, south of Mt. Rose Highway, for a planned mixed-use development. The proposal has no public name and no published update. For now it is still just an application.
Inside the Gate, the Roadwork Belongs to the HOA
The RTC project covered the public parkways only. ArrowCreek's internal streets are the homeowners association's responsibility. The HOA's March 2026 magazine projected more than $2.2 million in summer 2026 road work, with particular focus on the Sundance community. The May–June issue put an Oct. 17 Harvest Festival/Early Halloween on its save-the-date list. The date was announced in spring, so the HOA's current notices are the place to confirm details. The Saturday a week later, October 24, has Family Story Time at the Yellow Library. Together, the two weekends give a good sense of what both halves of the neighborhood's calendar offer this fall.
If you'd like to talk about how the new path and the South Valleys complex fit into everyday life around ArrowCreek, whether you live here now or are thinking about the area for later, Tiffany Billman is always glad to share what she sees on the ground. Let's Connect.
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