Traveling along the 11.8-mile Indian Bend Wash Path offers users a dynamic experience through a range of microclimates and landscapes. This 90-acre terminus provides an expansive canvas for bold, forward-thinking ideas. Visitors are enveloped in lush greenery, with shade-providing trees lining the path and Sonoran Desert shrubs forming rain gardens in basin areas—capturing runoff and naturally filtering water as it flows toward Tempe Town Lake. These layered, sustainable landscapes enhance both ecological function and user experience.

WERK developed a Master Plan for the final mile of the Indian Bend Wash within the City of Tempe, focused on improving quality of life through health, connectivity, education, and environmental stewardship. The plan envisions public spaces that foster engagement, sustainability, and resiliency through green stormwater infrastructure (GSI). WERK is now translating this vision into implementable projects, beginning with multi-use path improvements designed to encourage active transportation. These enhancements will integrate GSI and sustainable landscape features throughout the wash corridor, in coordination with the Flood Control District of Maricopa County.