Remington Street Is Garden City's New Front Door to the River This Fall

Ada County's new Park at Expo Idaho opens October 23. It covers roughly 50 acres on the old Les Bois horse racing track along the Boise River Greenbelt. The park will have parking off Remington Street and off Backstretch Boulevard. Down that same Remington Street, at number 415, a dog-and-people campus called Stockyard Social is getting ready to open in the former Clubhound building.

Put those together and a side street most people only drove down to reach a dog bar becomes Garden City's busiest new route to the river this fall. If your weekend involves a leash, a stroller, a skateboard or a coffee, your route is about to change.

The week before opening, the Greenbelt gets shorter

The first change is a closure. Ada County will close a quarter-mile stretch of the Greenbelt behind Expo Idaho from October 19 through 22 for construction ahead of the park's opening. Officials say signs will go up early so walkers, runners and cyclists can plan another route.

The official ribbon cutting is Friday, October 23, at 10 a.m. After that, the park connects straight to the Greenbelt and adds its own loops: the Ridge Loop at 0.75 miles, the Meadow Loop at 0.5 miles, and the Lowland Trails at 0.3 miles, with shorter connectors between them. So that four-day detour turns into a stretch of the river path with about a mile and a half of extra trail looping off it.

One detail is still missing. The county says a full map showing trails, parking and main areas will go up closer to opening. Until then, all anyone can say is Remington or Backstretch. Expect opening week to sort out which lot fills first.

What's inside, and where the dog can go

The official feature list includes the Nature Playground and a shaded pavilion, the All-Wheel Skate Garden, a roller derby rink, the Greenbelt Food Truck Plaza, and the Lowlands boardwalk and wetland trails. BoiseDev got an early look at the playground and found slides, swings, a sandbox, hammocks and a rope-swing traverse. The county adds log scrambles, boulder gardens, climbing walls and misting areas.

The skate garden is open to skateboards, bikes, scooters and roller skates. The county recommends parental supervision for kids under 12, and use is at your own risk.

Here are the dog rules, straight from the county:

• Dogs are welcome throughout the park.
• Leashes are required at all times, and owners are asked to pick up after their dogs.
• Only service animals may enter the Nature Playground and the All-Wheel Skate Garden.
• The park is open from sun-up to sun-down.

That last line matters more as the days shorten. In late October, the after-work walk and closing time start to run into each other.

Half the park is still growing in

Parts of the park will look unfinished on opening day, and the county says that's expected. Landscape crews worked with 16 nurseries around the Northwest. They brought in nearly 1,000 trees, thousands of shrubs and more than a million plant plugs, each one planted by hand. The Lowlands is a restored floodplain with more than 1.4 miles of stream channels, wetlands and native plants. The water runs through it and then back into the Boise River.

Ada County Senior Project Manager Joshua Brown told Idaho News how long that will take:

"It may look crazy at first, but within three to five years, you've got a thriving ecosystem."

Wildlife arrived early anyway. On a pre-opening tour, Brown pointed out birds already nesting in the restored areas, including shorebirds that are hard to find anywhere else in the valley. The design has already won a World Landscape Architecture Award of Excellence in the Concept/Public Space Design category. If you walk the Lowland Trails this fall and again each spring, you'll see the change over the next few years.

The other address on Remington

Clubhound closed at 415 E. Remington St. at the end of May. Its replacement, Stockyard Social, sits on a 2.5-acre parcel on the Greenbelt. Plans include an indoor hall, a bar, a coffee bar, roll-up doors, fenced outdoor play areas and patios.

The schedule runs in shifts. Morning Club goes from 6 to 10 a.m. with no dogs, and coffee and food come from a counter called The Roost. After 10 a.m., the campus switches to dog-friendly hours. The Yard has indoor and outdoor off-leash play for members. The Watering Hole is a neighborhood bar with a full bar top and a roll-up door that opens onto the yard. According to the company's FAQ, the indoor Clubhouse and the Watering Hole go dog-free and 21+ after 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.

The Market is a meat counter as well as a place to buy dog food. Co-owner Chrissy Larsen told BoiseDev about a Stockyard Steak line made with IDA Meats out of Burley. A Stockyard Steaks food truck outside will serve barbecue, and rotating food trucks will join it.

On timing, Larsen told BoiseDev in early September that she hoped to open the Market to the public on October 23, the same day as the park. The company's own FAQ now lists November 15, 2026, as the target opening for its phased main campus. It also warns that construction, licensing and inspections can move dates. The first phase opens The Yard and the main-floor gathering area. The upstairs Loft is planned for the new year, and the Recovery Yard and Cabana District come later.

Here's what it costs, according to the company:

Visiting dogs need a dog pass or a Pack Pass plus prior approval. Some events and premium experiences cost extra. The monthly and day-pass rates apply once regular pricing begins. Mix the two places and you get a free leashed loop through the Lowlands at the county park, then paid off-leash time and a coffee down the street.

The rest of the fall calendar

Remington Street isn't the only thing on the calendar between now and Thanksgiving. Several dates nearby cross paths with it:

The Harvest Market weekends overlap with opening week at the park. Expect late October Fridays to be the busiest stretch of the season along the river between The Boardwalk and Expo Idaho.

The Asana date matters for anyone who climbs indoors. The Glenwood Street gym plans to close November 29 after 13 years because it couldn't secure a long-term lease. That leaves those regulars about a month to find a new gym before winter sets in.

What's still a year or more out

Two other Greenbelt-side projects are on the books, but neither will change anything this fall. Portland's Function Brewery has filed for design review on a restaurant and taproom at 212 E. 34th St. It's aiming for summer 2027, pending approvals and permits. A proposed pedestrian bridge at the 52nd Street Greenbelt dead end has a reported construction window of September 2027 to March 2028.

For the next year, then, the newest way to reach the river in Garden City is Remington Street. That's the park lot, the Lowland Trails and the dog campus, with the plantings filling in a bit more every season.

If the new park has you rethinking how close you want to live to the Greenbelt, whether you're buying in Garden City or selling a home near the river, Kent Davies can walk you through the blocks around Remington and Glenwood before the trees there grow in. Start with the free relocation guide, then let's talk about where the river fits into your week.