Tag: avenger open space
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Avenger celebrated with permit, award
Woodland Park celebrated two milestones concerning the Avenger Open Space on June 4. The first was being granted a special use permit from the National Forest Service to a 0.70 piece of property that will allow public access to Avenger. The permit finally allows all of the carefully placed dominos to fall. Woodland Park was…
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Ribbon cut on ‘landmark’ open space in Woodland Park
A recent ribbon-cutting marked the culmination of what the city of Woodland Park calls a “landmark achievement.” That’s what Avenger Open Space, the city’s 120-acre acquisition from earlier this year, is said to represent. Chris Gonzales, a parks board member and nonprofit leader who helped identify the previously private property and rallied fellow advocates and…
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Ribbon cut on ‘landmark’ open space in Woodland Park
A recent ribbon-cutting marked the culmination of what the city of Woodland Park calls a “landmark achievement.” That’s what Avenger Open Space, the city’s 120-acre acquisition from earlier this year, is said to represent. Chris Gonzales, a parks board member and nonprofit leader who helped identify the previously private property and rallied fellow advocates and…
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‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ deal done for open space near Colorado Springs
A “once-in-a-lifetime” deal is done for an open space west of Colorado Springs. “Once in a lifetime” is how the city of Woodland Park recently described its closing on 120 acres of rolling aspen and pine called Avenger Open Space. The announcement officially completes a vision that came into view over the spring, when a…
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Avenger Open Space represents ‘new frontier’ in Woodland Park
WOODLAND PARK • For the men hiking their favorite path here in the hills, it is not the greatest sight — that would be the Pikes Peak view — but it is the most relieving: a wooden plank posted on a tall pine. The plank now bears no words. But back in August, the hikers…
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‘A new frontier’: Exploring Woodland Park’s newest, biggest open space
WOODLAND PARK • For the men hiking their favorite path here in the hills, it is not the greatest sight — that would be the Pikes Peak view — but it is the most relieving: a wooden plank posted on a tall pine. The plank now bears no words. But back in August, the hikers…