Tag: parks and open spaces
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Trackchairs coming to 2 more parks in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs officials are expanding a program aimed at getting people with disabilities out on the trails. Since last year, the city’s Parks Department has reserved free, guided trips at Red Rock Canyon and Blodgett…
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Jefferson County Open Space forming ‘greenprint’ for next 5 years
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Land managers overseeing some of the most popular parks in the Denver metro are shaping a plan for the near future. Jefferson County Open Space calls it a ”Conservation Greenprint” — meant to be “a…
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Colorado Springs area open space introduces new trail
A new trail has opened around the Black Forest pines. El Paso County land managers are calling it Farrar Loop, for the ranching family previously on the 1,000 acres that are now Pineries Open Space. The open space debuted in 2020 with a 9-mile loop that has appealed to long-distance hikers, runners, mountain bikers and…
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Vision emerges for new Colorado Springs open space, Fishers Canyon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A vision is emerging for a new outdoor destination in Colorado Springs. City parks department officials recently held a public meeting to review two concepts for trails and development at Fishers Canyon Open Space, the 343 acres the city acquired in 2021. On the city’s…
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Vision emerges for new Colorado Springs open space, Fishers Canyon
A vision is emerging for a new outdoor destination in Colorado Springs. City parks department officials recently held a public meeting to review two concepts for trails and development at Fishers Canyon Open Space, the 343 acres the city acquired in 2021. On the city’s southwest side, the scenic woods and meadows rise behind the…
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Colorado Springs area open space introduces new trail
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A new trail has opened around the Black Forest pines northeast of Colorado Springs. El Paso County land managers are calling it Farrar Loop, for the ranching family previously on the 1,000 acres that are now Pineries Open Space. The open space debuted in 2020…
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Colorado Springs area open space introduces new trail
A new trail has opened around the Black Forest pines northeast of Colorado Springs. El Paso County land managers are calling it Farrar Loop, for the ranching family previously on the 1,000 acres that are now Pineries Open Space. The open space debuted in 2020 with a 9-mile loop that has appealed to long-distance hikers,…
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‘Critical’ funds come amid excitement, worry around Colorado Springs quarry
Tuesday morning in the hills beyond Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs officials gathered to celebrate a promise of restoration. It was in celebration of a scar to be healed — and money to perhaps accomplish it. A $300,000 grant was announced as “instrumental” in the costly, complex process of Black Canyon Quarry’s pending reclamation. The…
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Colorado Springs officials present survey results on e-bikes as debate continues
Colorado Springs officials have found public support for expanding electric bike access on city-owned trails. Though, that’s not broad support — around 60%, according to survey results parks department leaders recently presented to the city’s Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) working committee. Of 3,804 responses collected from an online survey from June 14-Aug. 4, 60%…
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Colorado Springs parks leaders zero in on projects for 2024
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs parks board this month heard plans and goals for new trails and open space projects for 2024. David Deitemeyer, the parks department’s senior landscape architect, started his presentation with Austin Bluffs Open Space. That’s the mosaic of meadows and woods surrounding Pulpit…