![This is a picture of the event inaugurating Silverwood Park in 2013.](https://www.silverwoodpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Kyle-Richmond-speaks-at-park-inauguration.9.2013.720x405.72res.jpg)
Silverwood Park was formally inaugurated by County Executive Joe Parisi (in white shirt) in October 2013.
![This is a picture of an October 2013 FoSP Board meeting.](https://www.silverwoodpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Initial-FoSP-Board-meeting.09.16.2013.720x405.72res-1.jpg)
The Friends of Silverwood Park formally organized in October 2013, meeting at the Town of Albion Hall.
![This is a picture of a Dane County Parks planning meeting for Silverwood Park in January 2014.](https://www.silverwoodpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2014-January-Master-Plan-meeting-Town-of-Albion.720x405.72res.jpg)
Dane County Parks Division staff led a Master Plan kick-off meeting in January 2014.
![This is a picture of a 2014 Dane County Food Council visit to Silverwood Park.](https://www.silverwoodpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Dane-County-Food-Council-meeting-at-Silverwood.2014.720x405.72res.jpg)
The Dane County Food Council met at Silverwood Park in 2014 to discuss how the park might be developed.
![](https://www.silverwoodpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Wisconsin-Counties-visit-to-Silverwood.05.28.14.720x405.72res.jpg)
The Wisconsin Counties Association director and president toured Silverwood with Board members in 2014.
![This is a picture of a 2014 Silverwood Park Master Plan outreach meeting at the Edgerton Library.](https://www.silverwoodpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2014-Master-Plan-Outreach-at-Edgerton-Library.720x405.72res.jpg)
FoSP Board member Katie Whitten (center) greeted attendees at at Silverwood Master Plan open house in 2014.
![This is a picture of a 2014 Dane County Park Commission meeting attendees at Silverwood Park.](https://www.silverwoodpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DCPC-and-FOSP-Board-meeting-2014.720x405.72res.jpg)
Dane County Park Commission members met at Silverwood in 2014 to see what the developing park had to offer.
![](https://www.silverwoodpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2015-FoSP-Board-visits-the-Farley-Center.720x405.72res.jpg)
FoSP Board members and County staff attended a tour at the Farley Center in 2015 to learn about its operations.
![This is a picture of FoSP members meeting with NRCS staff in 2016 at Silverwood.](https://www.silverwoodpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/NRCS-consultation-at-Silverwood.2016.720x405.72res-1.jpg)
FoSP Advisory Board member Ingrid West (2nd on left) help the FoSP Board meet with federal NRCS staff in early 2016.
![This is a picture of the Silverwood Board of Advisors meeting in 2016.](https://www.silverwoodpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2016-FoSP-Board-of-Advisors-meeting.720x405.72res-1.jpg)
The FoSP Advisory Board met in the spring of 2016 to discuss priorities for the park’s development.