Joe Dancer is great, I played soccer there when I was in elementary school and as I got older I went to the skatepark a lot. The park is always really clean (cleaner than most McMinnville parks), and it's definitely one of the biggest, if not the biggest, parks in the city. It seems like the city cares a lot more about this park than the others, you see the cleanup crew out there every single day cleaning stuff up and preforming maintenance. It's a perfect park if you want to go jogging or walk your dog, the entire park is surrounded by forest. If you have kids that are enrolled in soccer or baseball then you will probably be taking them to Joe Dancer for their games. If you're a skateboarder then you can enjoy a really nice crowd or polite regular locals that go down to the park every single day, sometimes having public BBQs during the summer for whoever is down there. Also a lot of amateur and professional skateboarders and skateboard teams will stop down at the park during the summer when they tour the west coast which is nice. I've seen multiple teams come through including Black Label, Creature, Bacon, and Nike. The skatepark is called the Drew Gary Ottley Memorial Skatepark and is dedicated to Drew Ottley, a local skateboarder that unfortunately passed away in 2006. There is a nice large sign welcoming you to the skatepark and a beautiful memorial on top of the skatepark by the bowl with a plaque featuring a picture and some words about Drew. The skatepark was built by Dreamland so all of the concrete is super smooth and the ramps are even. read more