Over the last 50 years, Valentine has lost numerous housing units leading to an excess of vacant land in the northern portion of the neighborhood. A portion of this land has already been identified by Kansas City Life Insurance as an opportunity for housing development and considering the now vacant land was once housing, it follows that all that land could be used for housing once again. Another development opportunity for the neighborhood is the construction of a park. While there are nearby parks such as Roanoke Park to the west, Hyde Park to the East, and Penn Valley Park to the north, access to these parks are blocked by major roads that act as a barrier for Valentine residents. The construction of a new neighborhood park would leverage the already vacant land for productive use.