Clock Tower Landing is the new official name for the prospective new downtown Overland Park farmers market pavilion and community gathering space around it.
The name draws on Overland Park history and also nods to the iconic clock tower that looks over the city’s downtown. On Monday, the Overland Park City Council voted 12-0 to approve the new name.
The Clock Tower Landing name will apply to an area generally between Santa Fe Drive and Marty Street covering the new pavilion once it’s built, as well as the existing Clock Tower Plaza and areas adjacent to it.
The vote on the name was included on the city’s consent agenda, which means it wasn’t individually discussed but considered alongside a series of other items in one vote.
Mayor Curt Skoog was absent from the meeting.
Clock Tower Landing nods to city’s history
Many modern day residents may know of Overland Park founder William Strang, whose interurban railway connected Johnson County to Kansas City, Missouri, in the early 20th Century, but Strang also brought an airfield to the area with its own pavilion structure for community events.
It was, in fact, the first airfield west of the Mississippi River.
Not much of the city’s historical connection to aviation is apparent today — aside from some allusions to it like the paper airplane-shaped amphitheater in Thompson Park, also near downtown.
The new Clock Tower Landing name nods back to that history.
Additionally, the name was created with the help of the public, who submitted more than 200 name ideas. Common themes among the submissions included references to the clock tower, sunflowers and the harvest.
New farmers market pavilion to open in 2026
- Overland Park broke ground officially on the new pavilion and said goodbye to the old pavilion in December 2024.
- The new farmers market pavilion and community gathering space is set to open ahead of the 2026 season.
- The new structure will have a larger footprint and be enclosed, enabling year-round operations.
- All told, the project is expected to cost $34 million.
- This coming market season, as work on the new pavilion structure continues, the farmers market will be relocated to the Matt Ross Community Center parking lot.
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