Tag: city parks
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Vertical skate ramp torn down in Memorial Park after decade of use
Colorado Springs skateboarders are left with one fewer place to challenge their skills after the city demolished the large wooden skate ramp in Memorial Park on Monday. The 14-foot-tall vertical ramp and the smaller, adjacent vertical ramp were installed in 2012 through a partnership between the city and a nonprofit called Sk8-Strong. The additions were…
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Park land ordinance helps Colorado Springs drive construction of Grey Hawk
Nearly 20 years of land and fees from Colorado Springs’ park land dedication ordinance have gone into preparing Grey Hawk Park to open by the end of 2025. Colorado Springs has used the ordinance since the 1970s to add new park property. The ordinance requires developers to either set aside an amount of land for…