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COLORADOCOLORADOFALL 2015

BylineBylinePARKS & RECREATION ASSOCIATION

Focus: Central Colorado Arkansas Headwaters Recreation, Breckenridge, Buena Vista, Clear Creek, Frisco, Silverthorne



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PARKS & RECREATION ASSOCIATION

The Tree Did ItAssessing your

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Community Gardens Help Carbondale

Residents Put Down Roots





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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Member Spotlight .............................................................................. 4

President’s Letter ............................................................................... 5

Community garden helps carbondale residents put down roots ....6

The Tree Did It: Assessing your department’s liability for slacklining................................................................................................8

Central Colorado: Arkansas Headwaters Recreation, Breckenridge,

Buena Vista, Clear Creek, Frisco and Silverthorne ...........................10

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2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

P.O. Box 1037 • Wheat Ridge, CO 80034 (p) 303-231-0943 (f) 303-237-9750www.cpra-web.org, [email protected]

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PRESIDENT Carolyn Peters Highlands Ranch Metro District 720-240-5931 [email protected]

PRESIDENT-ELECT Patrick Hammer Town of Superior 303-499-3675 [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENT Jayna Lang City of Lakewood 303-987-5419 [email protected]

AT-LARGE Mike Sexton City of Pueblo Parks & Recreation 719-553-2804 [email protected]

SECRETARY/TREASURER Amanda Peterson City of Northglenn 303-450-8950 [email protected]

AQUATICS Heather Deal City of Longmont 303-774-4718 [email protected]

CARA Brian Magnett City of Northglenn 303-450-8899 [email protected]

CASC Kate Fisher City of Northglenn 303-450-8841 [email protected]

CTRS Sarah Braun City of Colorado Springs 719-385-6855 [email protected]

DIRECTORS Carrie Ward Highlands Ranch Metro District 720-240-5950 [email protected]

FACILITY MANAGERS Andy Fraser Town of Parker 303-805-6310 [email protected]

FITNESS Tehra Porterfield City of Northglenn 303-450-8947 [email protected]

PARKS Jim Haselgren City of Lakewood 720-963-5242 [email protected]

PLAAY Yasmin Cassini Commerce City Parks, Recreation & Golf 720-977-5916 [email protected]

SMALL COMMUNITIES Jay Cochran City of Fort Morgan 970-542-3929 [email protected]

WESTERN SLOPE Justin Mashburn Montrose Recreation District 970-901-5583 [email protected]

CPRA VISIONThe Colorado Parks and Recreation Association is a dynamic, proactive organization that creates healthy residents and livable communities by promoting excellence in parks and recreation.

CPRA STAFF Allison Kincaid, Executive Director [email protected]

Ashley Perillo, Professional Development Program Manager [email protected]

Natalie Flowers, Communications and Office Assistant [email protected]

Amanda Drinkard, Office Assistant & Student Intern [email protected]

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Nolan Thill has worked in the field of recreation since 2007. Nolan has his Bachelor of Arts degree in Leisure, Youth and Human Services with emphases in Programming Administration and Youth Services from the University of Northern Iowa. Nolan began his career in 2007 with the City & County of Broomfield

as a Recreation Specialist in Athletics, a field where he is extremely knowledgeable. Two years later, in 2009, he was promoted to Coordinator of Senior Programs where it’s pretty safe to say all the participants enjoyed his charismatic personality. Throughout his positions at Broomfield, Nolan was involved with CPRA through the CARA (Colorado Association of Recreational Athletics) and CASC (Colorado Association of Senior Centers) sections.

Nolan started working in his current position for the Town of Silverthorne’s Recreation and Culture Department in June of 2011. From day one at Silverthorne, Nolan’s professionalism and personality were apparent, not only for his co-workers and staff, but most importantly the members of the Recreation Center and community. Nolan oversees the operations of the very busy Front Desk as well as assisting in the day to day operations of the facility and software the facility uses. He oversees a very successful front desk staff and insures we offer the best customer service and relations possible, something we hold very high in our organizational values and a true area he excel’s.

In his free time Nolan enjoys supporting his favorite sports teams the Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Cardinals and Colorado Avalanche (he grew up in Iowa so he gets to choose). He stays very active in the high country running, hiking and snowboarding and has been known to toss a solid game of bags (cornhole) from time to time. Nolan has assisted with the Town of Silverthorne’s Wellness Program by coordinating relay teams for the Colfax Marathon and local runs like the Town of Frisco’s 6K Bacon Burner.

Nolan has continued to be involved with CPRA through multiple veins while in Silverthorne including Conference Committee in 2012 for the Keystone Conference and most recently, he was nominated in as the 2015 Secretary/Treasurer of the Facility Managers Section. Nolan looks forward to continuing his involvement with the Facility Managers section and to help continue the sections growth and development.

Member Spotlight

Nolan Thill

Dear Members,

Welcome to Central Colorado! – Our virtual Board tour continues with a focus on projects and activities being held in communities in the center of our state. Thanks to all who have welcomed Byline and shared their stories. Thanks also to the section representatives who have welcomed board and staff throughout the year to their meetings. Recently, I was able to attend the Fitness section meeting and again was humbled to see so many dedicated professionals.

It is without a doubt that the best part of serving on CPRA’s Board of Directors the past three years, has been attending section meetings, connecting with so many members and witnessing the incredible response from members when CPRA needs support or volunteers.

During the last several months, board members have met to revisit, realign and reinvest in the vision plan. An operational master plan identifying CPRA priorities for the next several years, based on the plan adopted in 2012, has been developed and we will look to approve this in the coming months. Please feel free to call me or any board member for information about this effort.

I do hope to see as many of you as possible at our annual conference in Breckenridge, October 13 – 16. This is, of course, the annual association meeting that will officially end my term, welcome Patrick Hammer as your president and swear in new board members. I believe our association will be well led by Patrick who is an amazing professional and thoughtful leader. I also want to thank Amanda Peterson for her service as both Treasurer and Secretary/Treasurer for the last two years. Her leadership and commitment have been appreciated by all.

This conference will be outstanding with many ways for each of us to become engaged and strengthen our blueprints. Some new efforts and lots of hard work by the CPRA staff has brought some great sponsors to conference this year and we want to welcome and acknowledge their support. So please join us and be a part of CPRA!


PRESIDENT’S LETTER

By CPRA Board President, Carolyn Peters, CPRP

Carolyn Peters & CPRA Staff

2015 CPRA Annual ConferenceStrengthening Your Blueprint

October 13-16 Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center

For more information, visit the Annual Conference page on our website, cpra-web.org!


By Laura Cardon

A community garden is more than just a place to grow your own vegetables. While the sustainable food movement has been in full swing for several years, Carbondale residents Elizabeth Cammack and Tami Stroud saw the opportunity for something bigger.

“I wanted to bring our community together around healthy growing of

foods, but I also really wanted another way to bridge the cultural gap,” Cammack explained of Carbondale, where a third of the population is of Latino descent. “I thought if we could bring the two cultures together in a community garden, it would be one more way that we could start reaching across the gap.”

Cammack and Stoud spent four years spearheading the effort to bring Carbondale a better community garden. The current garden was serving only a small portion of the population, and a lengthy waiting list indicated a larger fan base beyond just Cammack and Stroud.

“Carbondale is a very environmentally-minded, organic, green-conscious community. There was a big demand with a lot of our residents living in apartments, condos, and townhomes without backyards or space for a garden,” Recreation Director Jeff Jackel said.

There was demand. And then there were two persistent women.

“Elizabeth Cammack and Tami Stroud really championed the garden,” Jackel said. “They pushed it for three years before even applying for GOCO funding.”

The project had a big budget for a small mountain town to absorb. Fundraising was essential, but applying for a Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) grant would be out of the question until a location was determined for the garden.

After considering a site along the Roaring Fork River, it was ultimately decided the community garden would find a home on the land where Carbondale Elementary School once existed. The school had closed several years prior, and its prime location in the heart of downtown Carbondale made it the perfect spot. Almost.

“There was no infrastructure or water at that location,” Jackel said. “We didn’t want to use potable water. We wanted to use

ditch water. It would be a significant cost for about 1,000 linear feet of irrigation piping to bring ditch water to the site.”

The town had already set aside $2,000 for the project, but with the budget topping out at $60,000, Cammack and Stroud would have to look elsewhere for funding.

With $2,000 in hand, Cammack and Stroud starting writing grants. First, to Aspen Ski Company Environmental, which ultimately awarded them $8,000. Then, to gardening equipment company Fiskers, which resulted in another $3,500.

“One of us would write the grant, and then give it to Jeff to work his magic on it,” Cammack recounted.

Even with local donations, the project was still $45,000 short of its goal. Enter GOCO. The Colorado Lottery-funded organization’s mini grant program is specifically tailored to smaller projects, and Carbondale’s Community Partnership Garden emerged as the top ranked project in June 2012. Carbondale was awarded all $45,000 it needed to reach its goal.

“We filled up as soon as we could break ground,” Cammack remembered.

The garden was named to reflect the community spirit that brought it to fruition, something Cammack describes as a trademark of Carbondale. Local landscape architects donated over $4,000 worth of their time, while the town maintenance crew spent plenty of extra hours to help bring the garden together.

Today, the garden boasts 60 plots from 30 to 100 square feet in size, purposefully designed to be welcoming to all residents of Carbondale. The signage is bilingual, there are raised beds that are ADA-accessible, and educational programming and mentorships welcome newbie gardeners.

“We offer a support system,” Cammack explained. “If it’s your first time gardening, there are experienced gardeners who make themselves available to answer questions and talk with people.”

The first year that the garden was open, the Family Resource Center of the Roaring Fork School District hosted classes for first-time gardeners and sponsored several families by paying their plot fees. The Mount Sopris Historical Society also presented information about heirloom vegetables and took out their own plot to showcase the town’s agricultural and pioneer heritage.

But Cammack and Stroud didn’t stop there. They’re on a mission to bring in the entire Carbondale community with more beginner-friendly programming, even for those who don’t have a plot.

Community Garden Helps Carbondale Residents Put Down Roots


The social aspect of gardening is where Cammack sees real potential. While healthier diets and lower grocery bills are certainly benefits of a community garden, she has watched first-hand the relationships that grow alongside the produce.

“When you show up to take care of your plot and someone else is in the garden, you just start talking. First, you ask how their carrots are doing or what you should do with your spinach that’s turning yellow. But then it goes on to what’s happening in town, and they create these friendships that continue outside the garden, “ Cammack said.

The Carbondale Community Partnership Garden, which has since be renamed Demeter’s Garden by town residents, could still be in the fundraising stage had it not been for the GOCO grant. GOCO funding helped fast track the garden’s progress, and GOCO has awarded funding to community gardens in Evergreen, Littleton, Denver, and at school play yards across the state.

“Community gardens are important to GOCO because they provide Coloradoans with educational opportunities that can instill a greater appreciation and understanding of the outdoors,” GOCO Local Government Program Manager Jake Houston explained.

“I love GOCO,” Cammack said. “It would have taken us a lot longer to raise that money without GOCO. We had to go through the town to get the GOCO grant, but really it was just a group of citizens that went to the town and said, ‘We want to do this,’ and it gave us a chance to actually accomplish something. GOCO is an amazing program that our state offers. The projects they fund add such vitality to our communities.”

Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) invests a portion of Colorado Lottery proceeds to help preserve and enhance the state’s parks, trails, wildlife, rivers and open spaces. GOCO’s independent board awards competitive grants to local governments and land trusts, and makes investments through Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Created when voters approved a Constitutional Amendment in 1992, GOCO has since funded more than 4,500 projects in urban and rural areas in all 64 counties without any tax dollar support. Visit goco.org for more information.

The GOCO mini grant program awards up to $45,000 in funding for projects with a total budget of $60,000 or less. To find out more about mini grants, visit goco.org/mini.


Picture this: Joe Citizen, a local slacklining enthusiast, heads to your department’s city park for an afternoon of slacklining. Your department knows that citizens commonly use the city park for slacklining and allows

them to do so. Joe sets up his equipment between two sturdy-looking trees. Unfortunately, Joe has no idea that one of the trees has been severely weakened by a fungus. As Joe begins to walk the line, the tree suddenly cracks, smacking him on the shoulder and neck as it topples over.

As the sport of slacklining grows in popularity, many departments are wondering about their potential liability for accidents such as Joe’s. Some point to Colorado’s governmental immunity laws for protection from liability; however, the issue is not quite as simple as that, and your department should be prepared to take additional measures if slacklining is an activity you wish to permit. This article discusses governmental immunity and its exceptions as applied to slacklining, and identifies some ideas to help protect your department from liability.

GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY

Colorado’s Governmental Immunity Act (CGIA) is a series of statutes that seek to protect governmental entities, including municipalities and special districts, from liability for tort actions. Torts are legal claims based on injuries to a person or damage to property, such as negligence. Therefore, if Joe Citizen sued the department for causing his injuries by negligently maintaining its trees, the department would almost certainly assert its governmental immunity as a defense to the lawsuit. But would it work?

EXCEPTION FOR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS OF PARK AND RECREATION AREAS

The CGIA has many exceptions designed to allow injured parties to “get through” governmental immunity and hold a governmental entity liable for injuries resulting from certain types of conduct, such as operation of government-owned motor vehicles, failure to adequately remove snow and ice, and operation of swimming facilities. Relevant to slacklining, one

DID ITTHE TREE

ASSESSING YOUR DEPARTMENT’S LIABILITY FOR SLACKLINING

BY EMILY J. POWELL

exception to governmental immunity is for injuries or property damage that results from a dangerous condition of any “public facility located in any park or recreation area maintained by a public entity.” Fortunately for park and recreation providers, there is a further exception to this exception (don’t you love the law?) that allows governmental entities to retain their governmental immunity if the injury at the park and recreation area was caused by “the natural condition of unimproved property.”

This, of course, begs the question whether trees in public parks used by the public for slacklining are “public facilities”, thereby causing a waiver of governmental immunity, or are part of the “natural condition of unimproved property”, thereby allowing the department to assert its governmental immunity anyway.

THE GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR BADLY BEHAVING TREES

Interestingly, a governmental entity’s responsibility for the bad behavior of its trees has been the subject of two high-profile Colorado court cases. In 2004, the Colorado Court of Appeals considered the case of Silvia Rosales, who was injured when a tree branch fell on her while she picnicked at Denver City Park. Ms. Rosales sued the City of Denver, arguing that the tree was part of a public facility, and that the City had been negligent in failing to properly inspect and prune the tree. The Court of Appeals rejected Ms. Rosales’s argument, finding that “public facilities” include only man-made improvements, and that a tree located in a park is not a “public facility”. However, the Court of Appeals did not end its discussion there. Instead, the Court of Appeals went on to say that a tree could become part of a public facility, if the governmental entity “incorporates a tree into a facility in such a manner that it becomes an integral part of the facility and is essential for the intended use of the facility”. This “test” of whether a tree is part of a public facility for which governmental immunity is waived continued until this year, when the Colorado Supreme Court rejected it.

In March 2015, the Colorado Supreme Court considered similar circumstances in the case Burnett v. State Department of Natural Resources . In this case, a woman named Sara Burnett was camping at Cherry Creek State Park, which includes man-made camping sites with various amenities such as utility hookups and picnic tables, and also includes, as the Supreme Court carefully noted, “several thousand trees that were on the property when the State established the Park in 1959.” Ms. Burnett pitched her tent at one of the man-made campsites, which was directly adjacent to many of the “native trees”. While she was asleep, a limb from a cottonwood tree fell onto Ms. Burnett’s tent, injuring her skull, neck, and face. Ms. Burnett sued the State of Colorado Department of Natural Resources. Both the trial court and Court of Appeals used the Rosales test to determine that the State was not responsible for the falling tree limb because even if the tree was incorporated into the campground facility, it was not an “integral part” of the campground, nor “essential for [the campground’s] intended use.”

Ms. Burnett subsequently appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court, which approached the question from an entirely

different perspective. First, the Supreme Court outright rejected the Rosales test, finding that it impermissibly expanded the definition of “public facility” beyond what was intended by the CGIA. Instead, the Supreme Court determined that in drafting the CGIA, the legislature intended to retain governmental immunity for “injuries caused by native trees originating on unimproved property”, regardless of their proximity to a public facility. Because

the cottonwood tree that caused Ms. Burnett’s injury was part of the native vegetation and was located on an unimproved portion of the State park, the Supreme Court determined that the State could assert its governmental immunity as a defense to Ms. Burnett’s lawsuit.

RELATIONSHIP TO SLACKLINING

Based on the Supreme Court’s holding in Burnett, it seems that park and recreation departments can rely on governmental immunity as a defense if a “native tree” injures an individual participating in slacklining, and the incident occurs in an “unimproved” area such as open space, near natural trails, or at campgrounds. However, the Supreme Court’s holding is less clear when applied to non-native (e.g., planted) trees in improved areas (e.g., urban parks). Accordingly, until the courts provide further guidance, park and recreation departments may wish to take additional steps to protect themselves from any potential liability arising from slacklining accidents occurring in improved areas with non-native trees, such as: (i) installing slacklining poles or designating certain trees that are appropriate for slacklining; (ii) regularly inspecting and maintaining the poles or designated trees; (iii) posting a “notice of dangerous activity” regarding slacklining on or near the poles or designated trees; and (iv) actually preventing or stopping citizens from using non-designated trees for slacklining.

Emily J. Powell is a special districts attorney at Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC. She advises special districts, including park and recreation districts and fire protection districts, on legal matters that impact the day-to-day operations of their organizations. You can reach Emily directly at 303-628-3629 or [email protected].

What is written here is intended as general information, and it is not to be construed as legal advice. If legal advice is needed you should consult an attorney.

1. C.R.S. § 24-10-101, et seq.

2. C.R.S. § 24-10-106.

3. C.R.S. § 24-10-106(1)(e).

4. Id.

5. Rosales v. City & County of Denver, 89 P.3d 507 (Colo. Ct. App. 2004).

6. Id. at 508.

7. Id. at 510.

8. Id.

9. 346 P.3d 1005.

10. Id.

11. Id.

12. Id.

13. Id.

14. Id.

15. Id. (emphasis added).


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MULTI-AGENCY COOPERATION KEY TO BROWNS CANYON DEDICATION, CONTINUED MANAGEMENT

48 people rafted down the Arkansas River on a beautiful Colorado summer day to help dedicate one of the newest national monuments in the United States.

The July 18 dedication showcased Browns Canyon National Monument through a raft trip and dedication ceremony, organized through the cooperative efforts of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW).

A local and national community of land protection advocates gathered together to celebrate the dedication of the Browns Canyon National Monument in Buena Vista, Colorado. The monument, located between Salida and Buena Vista, encompasses 21,589 acres of granite cliffs, jagged rock outcroppings, mountain vistas and numerous species of wildlife that have drawn people to the area for centuries. The canyon’s 3,000-foot elevation range is unique and houses multiple distinct ecosystems, supporting a flourishing diversity of life through specialized and relatively untouched plant, fish and wildlife habitat. Expansive views of the Arkansas River Valley, spectacular stretches of whitewater, opportunities for solitude and four-season recreation make the canyon a rare and exceptional resource for locals and visitors.

Browns Canyon, and the 152 mile long Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area (AHRA, have been collectively managed

through inter-agency coordination by CPW, the BLM and the USFS for years. This relationship will not stop with the dedication of the Browns Canyon National Monument. CPW, through AHRA, will continue to provide the lead with on the ground management of the AHRA, one of Colorado’s 42 state parks; while the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service will collaboratively provide the lead in the management of Browns Canyon National Monument, with assistance from CPW.

CPW maintains two AHRA developed recreation sites with boat ramps within the Browns Canyon National Monument: Ruby Mountain and Hecla Junction. The Ruby Mountain Recreation Site provides access to one of the primary trailheads into the monument. The Hecla Junction Recreation Site is the primary boat take-out after floating through the canyon. Both sites feature campgrounds with restrooms, changing facilities, picnic sites and a boat ramp; recreational opportunities include whitewater boating, fishing, hiking, camping mountain biking and OHV use were allowed. Colorado State Parks entrance and camping fees are required to utilize these two recreation sites.

National Monuments are federal land designations which offer protection, conservation and restoration to landscapes of exceptional beauty, diversity and historic or scientific interest. In recognition of the continued need to protect resources of such great value, President Obama designated Browns Canyon National Monument on February 19, 2015.

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Over the past 15 months, the Town of Breckenridge Recreation Department has undertaken two exciting new projects to enhance the experiences of both our residents and guests. The first was the construction of a new skate park. After hearing from a group of well-organized local skaters and their families, Town Council allocated over $550,000 for the design and construction of a new facility to replace the old skate park which had been deteriorat-ing quickly over the last couple years. The new park was designed and built by Team Pain, a leader in the industry with projects across Colorado. The renovation expanded the previous skate park size by more than a third, grow-ing to 16,000 square feet, and added features including a deep advanced bowl with pool coping, a shallow beginner bowl, a long and wide snake run, and a challenging linear street section.

At the same time, a second project, also occurring in Kingdom Park surrounding the Breckenridge Recreation Center, was the conversion of the natural grass multi-pitch to artificial turf. The natural grass playing field was replaced with nearly two acres of artificial turf over a Brock shock pad system. The conversion significantly lengthens the season of play for sports such as soccer and lacrosse while also eliminating weather-related cancellations as the field will never be too wet to play on. This is a major consid-eration at 9,600 feet! Saving over 3 million gallons of water per year and eliminating the use of fertilizers and herbi-cides in a location immediately adjacent to the Blue River were additional environmental benefits achieved through this conversion. Renovations to the Breckenridge skate park and the north multi-pitch turf field began in May 2014 and were completed in October 2014. The Grand Opening Celebration for both projects was June 13, 2015.

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BV Rec! Get Fit, Have Fun, and Play in Beautiful Buena Vista Colorado!

Buena Vista, Colorado is considered by many to be the capital of whitewater rafting but the rest of us know that BV’s year-round mild climate makes it a great place for everyone to park and recreate!

The Town of Buena Vista provides municipal recreation services and like many rural Colorado communities is a hidden gem with gorgeous public parks and an extensive trail system. Buena Vista has a unique rodeo grounds that includes a remote control airstrip, gun club, and dog off leash area.

Buena Vista has begun a study for the feasibility of building and managing a Recreation Event Center. The Town has very limited indoor recreational facilities and is dependent on school facilities to host the majority of our indoor programs.

What we lack in indoor facilities does not hold us back when it comes to outdoor recreation. Buena Vista continues to develop its parks and trail system. New for 2015, volunteers

came together for a community build day and constructed an old fashion playground in McPhelemy Park! Teeter totters, rocking animals, a merry go round, swings and the tallest slide you can buy has made a real hit with the kids in town.

Just in time for the hot summer months, Buena Vista completed a GOCO funded splash pad in the heart of downtown. Buena Vista Square Optimist Park was created from a donated 60’x60’ corner lot and funding from both the Town and Chaffee County. The local Optimist Club provided the grant cash match and many local contractors came together as volunteers to construct the new park. In addition to the fun of a splash pad, two restrooms where built to meet the need for public restrooms in downtown Buena Vista.

Buena Vista is smack dab in the center of the state and offers a beautiful view for everyone. Check us out at http://buenavistaco.gov

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The Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District is really churning things up in Clear Creek County. Over the past year the district has been busy with a $7M renovation of the district’s recreation center located in Idaho Springs. The original building was constructed in 1990 and was overdue for significant systems upgrades. In light of the need to improve the building, the district went to voters in 2013 and was successful in obtaining approval for a $7M bond to completely renovate, modernize, and expand the recreation center. The CCMRD staff moved operations to a temporary location and construction started on August 18th, 2014. During construction, according to District Director Dane Matthew, “we obtained board approve to allow all district residents free access to the temporary fitness center and we provided a free “Rec on the Move” program for community youth to provide activities for kids.” After one year to the day, the new “Sampler Mill Recreation Center” opened to the public on August 18th 2015. The remarkable transformation of the aged rec center to this wonderfully decorated facility that captures the essence of the historic nature of the community and uses the namesake of a historic mill that once stood on the site, is sure to delight the residents of this small mountain community.” Matthew said; “ this project is an example of how a recreation program can have profound impacts upon a community…we are doing our part to help transform Clear Creek County into a Healthy Active Vibrant Family Oriented Community.” CCMRD is focused on doing everything it can to help this community attract and retain families, and this new facility is a great example of their contribution to that effort.

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Frisco has been called everything from the “resortless resort town” to the best kept secret in Colorado. Frisco certainly finds itself in a very unique position with 6 major ski resorts within 30 minutes including Copper (7 minutes) and Breckenridge (15 minutes) and a full service marina on the shores of Dillon Reservoir on one end of Frisco’s charming Main Street. And while Frisco has dodged “the crush” of visitors seen in other mountain towns, it is remarkably well loved. Yet, it is not unusual to hear a visitor exclaim “I’ve been driving by Frisco for 15 years and I had no idea” or to have a local say they’ve never been to the Marina.

Enter the Town of Frisco Recreation and Cultural Department with the realization that telling is not enough- people need to experience. The Recreation and Cultural Department crafts events with the intention of bringing into focus what Frisco has to offer. Two great examples are the Bubble Gum Ski/Board Race Series and the Frisco Triathlon.

The Bubble Gum Ski/Board Race Series is a free community-based ski/board race series which is open to all ages and

abilities. It involves head to head races on a different course each week with racers handing off pieces of bubble gum based on their performance. Competition is alive and well, but friendly. The event raises awareness of the whole Adventure Park area which includes a Nordic center, a 6 lane tubing hill, mule drawn sleigh rides (yes- mules) AND the beginner ski and ride hill largely with the support of volunteers from local ski clubs.

In July 2015, over 200 individual and team competitors took part in the Frisco Triathlon starting at the Frisco Bay Marina with stand up paddle boarding (3k) and finishing at the Frisco Peninsula with mountain biking (10k) and trail running (5k). This twist on the tri (without that pesky swim) brought in locals and visitors to experience trails within 4 minutes of Main Street and a marina many had never visited.

Awareness was created with an experience rather than a just glossy ad.

Now that we’ve let you in on “secret” Frisco, we invite you to visit or check us out at www.friscorecreation.com.

FRISCO

Frisco Triathlon. Photo by Todd Powell


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THE TOWN OF SILVERTHORNE AND LAKE DILLON THEATER COMPANY PARTNER UP TO “BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH PERFORMING ARTS”The Town of Silverthorne, in partnership with the Lake Dillon Theater Company (LDTC), will capitalize on their shared goals of improving the quality of life for residents and guests of Silverthorne and Summit County by developing a new performing arts facility in Silverthorne, Colorado. Located in heart of Silverthorne, this facility will boost the arts scene in Summit County, and serve as the arts and cultural anchor for the Town of Silverthorne’s Town Core.

In 2011, the Town of Silverthorne participated in a Town Core assessment program to solicit input from the community on how to create a vibrant town core. Findings from this plan identified Silverthorne’s fourth street corridor as the town’s core axis which currently includes the Recreation Center, Rainbow Park, the Blue River Trail, the Town Pavilion and will include the new Theatre, known as the Silverthorne Center for the Arts. This core axis will be the town’s cultural arts center as Town officials understand the importance of arts and culture to create and sustain a vibrant community.

The transformation of the town core will become a vibrant, fun, and engaging pedestrian-oriented space offering a new identity for the Town. The area will become the focal point for residents and visitors looking for quality cultural and recreational experiences.

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SILVERTHORNE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TIMELINEFall 2014 — Silverthorne and LDTC enter discussions about a strategic partnership

March 2015 — Town and LDTC announce partnership, including construction of a new theater in the downtown core

May 2015 — Theater design work begins

Early 2016 — Theater construction begins

Early 2017 — Theater opens for performances

BY THE NUMBERS20 years — Projected term for partnership between town and LDTC

14,000 square feet — Estimated size of new theater

$6 million — Estimated cost of new theater project including planning and construction

$4 million — Town funding for project through the general fund and financing

$2 million — LDTC funding for project through capital fund and public campaigns


The envelope please! Twenty-one winners in 19 different communities have been selected as Colorado Lottery 2015 Starburst Award recipients. Starburst Awards recognize excellence in the use of Lottery funds for community and conservation projects. Winners are chosen based on the creativity of the project, the economic and social impact on the community, and whether the project achieved its goal. Here are the 2015 winners:

• Adams County, Rotella Park Renovation

• Aurora Public Schools, Park Lane Elementary Playground

• Boulder County, Allenspark Playground

• Boulder County, Tolland Ranch

• City of Fruita, Bike Park Phase II

• City and County of Denver, Cuatro Vientos/Four Winds Park

• City of Englewood, Duncan Park

• City of Fort Morgan, Riverside Park Flood Restoration Softball/Baseball Field Rebuild

• City of Montrose, Montrose Water Sports Park

• City of Pueblo, City Park Dog Park

• City of Steamboat Springs, Morning Gloria Trail

• City of Steamboat Springs, Yampa River Improvements

• City of Thornton, Thornton Senior Center

• City of Woodland Park, Gateway Elementary Playground/Multi-Purpose Athletic Field

• Crested Butte Land Trust, Promontory Ranch

•Lake County, Lake County Intermediate School Playground

• Revere Schools, Revere/Ovid Playground & Fitness Park

• Town of Castle Rock, Philip S. Miller Park Adventure Playground & Trail System

• Town of Nucla, Town Park

• Town of Oak Creek, Decker Park Revitalization

• Town of Pagosa Springs, 6th Street Pedestrian Bridge

The total Colorado Lottery proceeds represented in these 21 projects is more than $8.6 million. Recipients received project funding from one or more of the Lottery’s four beneficiaries; Great Outdoors Colorado, The Conservation Trust Fund, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and Building Excellent Schools Today.

“These projects display how important outdoor recreation is to both Coloradans and visitors,” said Lottery Director Laura Solano. “The Lottery congratulates and recognizes the 2015 Starburst winners for their vision in creating quality recreation opportunities in their communities.”

Each recipient will receive their award during a formal presentation in their local community later this fall. For more information on Starburst Awards, visit www.coloradolottery.com/GIVING-BACK/AWARDS/


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