It wasn’t easy to find information about Shore Park. According to online documents, Shore Park was put behind fences and locked up for many years, only used by the police department when they trained their k9s or when a local group hosted a party. The city formed a partnership with the Greendale YMCA and the Bancroft School, both of which are located right next to Shore Park on Shore Drive just off from Grove Street, to keep the beach open and perform general maintenance of the park.

The YMCA is taking this public-private partnership one step further, and is planning on making a number of improvements to the park including replacing the outdated and always-closed boat house. They are also going to make the park more flush with the green space located behind the Y.

This is a good sized park and although the beach is the main feature, it also has ample picnic area – including barbecues. There is also a volleyball court set up. Many people also use the lakeside to fish.