Trojan Park is a 1-acre community park in Wellston, Missouri that gets an estimated 20,000 visitors per year. It is a key destination as part of the St. Vincent Greenway, which stretches across four towns in the St. Louis region, connecting major parks, schools and universities, public transit, job centers and neighborhoods. Built as part of the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)’s “Parks Build Communities” initiative, it is a partnership project between Great Rivers Greenway (regional public agency connecting three counties with greenway trails), City of Wellston, St. Louis County Parks, NRPA and more than 30 partners who contributed funding or in-kind services or materials to the park. The City, County, and NRPA continue to collaborate with vendors and volunteers for operations and maintenance.

Elected County Councilwoman Hazel Erby describes the relationship to the community: “When I walked up this morning I could hardly keep from tearing up, it’s so wonderful. Wellston deserves it. Our children deserve it. Our families deserve it. There are good things happening here. We always hear the negative, today this is just … a vision of hope.”