The park was designed by Bonin Orozco Arquitectos[4] and was inaugurated on 19 September 2012.

[13] It was inaugurated with the animation of various artists including Dagmar, Glenn Monroig, Jackeline Capó and Ángel ‘Cuco’ Peña.

[20] The park will have an amphitheater with room for 672 people, a waving path, two pavilions for exhibitions, and a 466-feet artificial river.

[22][23] Parque Ecológico Urbano is a project of Ponce Mayor María Meléndez Altieri.

She has called the construction of the park one of the five "signature" projects of her administration.