Today the park is often described as Huntsville's front door, hosting popular community events such as the Panoply Arts Festival and the free Concerts in the Park series on the Huntsville Museum of Art's outdoor stage. Visitors can enjoy the famously friendly ducks, geese and koi that call the spring home.
The park is currently expanding by 2.4 acres between Church Street and Fountain Circle at the site of the former City Hall, and it is expected to serve as the trailhead for the future Singing River Trail, a 70-mile bicycling and walking trail connecting Huntsville to Madison, Decatur and Athens.