Survey seeks input on Boulder's Valmont City Park
Survey seeks input on Valmont City Park
Boulder residents polled on recreation preferences
By Ryan Morgan Camera Staff WriterTuesday, September 11, 2007
Open house
The Parks and Recreation Department will host an open house to discuss plans for Valmont City Park between noon and 2 p.m. Sunday at Eben G. Fine Park, 101 Arapahoe Ave.
Photo by Marty Caivano
Members of the Boulder Parks and Recreation Department's youth football league, including coach Jeff Cantrell, foreground, practice at Valmont City Park on Monday evening.
The future shape of one of Boulder's largest undeveloped parks is in the mail.
The city's Parks and Recreation Department has sent out 2,000 surveys asking residents what they'd like to see happen at Valmont City Park, a 115-acre parcel that sits at the intersection of Valmont and Airport roads in northeast Boulder.
Parks officials say they'll use the survey responses, along with input from the public at several open meetings over the next few weeks, to draw up a new plan for the park, which they expect to present to the City Council early next year. Eventually, elected officials would take the plan to voters to ask for the money for the project, which could easily cost $50 million.
The survey asks residents to outline their preferences from among 15 options, including an indoor recreation center, lighted tennis courts, a dog park, a single-track mountain biking course and an 18-hole disc golf course. The final plan will likely include a combination of those 15 options.
Read full article and reader comments HERE.
Open house
The Parks and Recreation Department will host an open house to discuss plans for Valmont City Park between noon and 2 p.m. Sunday at Eben G. Fine Park, 101 Arapahoe Ave.
Photo by Marty Caivano
Members of the Boulder Parks and Recreation Department's youth football league, including coach Jeff Cantrell, foreground, practice at Valmont City Park on Monday evening.
The future shape of one of Boulder's largest undeveloped parks is in the mail.
The city's Parks and Recreation Department has sent out 2,000 surveys asking residents what they'd like to see happen at Valmont City Park, a 115-acre parcel that sits at the intersection of Valmont and Airport roads in northeast Boulder.
Parks officials say they'll use the survey responses, along with input from the public at several open meetings over the next few weeks, to draw up a new plan for the park, which they expect to present to the City Council early next year. Eventually, elected officials would take the plan to voters to ask for the money for the project, which could easily cost $50 million.
The survey asks residents to outline their preferences from among 15 options, including an indoor recreation center, lighted tennis courts, a dog park, a single-track mountain biking course and an 18-hole disc golf course. The final plan will likely include a combination of those 15 options.
Read full article and reader comments HERE.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at 2:42PM
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