While employed first as Planning & Development Manager and then as Parks Director as Willamalane Park & Recreation District in Springfield, Rick Satre served as the project manager and owner’s representative for this ground-breaking recreation facility. After organizing and managing a successful bond measure campaign the secure the funding, Rick led the research, hired and oversaw the consultant team and facilitated the construction of this “first indoor wave pool in the United States west of the Mississippi River” indoor leisure aquatics facility. Opening to the public in 1989, Splash! continues to be the go-to pool in the Eugene/Springfield area.

Splash! at Lively Park received the First Place design award in the 1990 People’s Choice Awards Program as well as the Recreation Facility of the Year Award from the Oregon Recreation and Parks Association.