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Longmont whitewater park slated for 2013 construction |
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Friday, December 30, 2011 09:24 |
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City of Longmont
By PIERRETTE J. SHIELDS, LONGMONT TIMES-CALL
LONGMONT -- People who love to play in the water likely will have options for kayaking, tubing and other splashing around in the St. Vrain River in 2013 if plans for a new park in south Longmont stay on track.
City planners hope to nab $500,000 in grant funds from Great Outdoors Colorado for a $3.1-million, 65-acre district park along the St. Vrain Greenway between Main and Martin streets south of the D-Barn. Planned amenities include a white-water course with five drops, a fishing pond, pond observation deck, river overlooks and habitat improvements along the greenway on the Pavlakis Open Space property.
Longmont Parks and Open Space project manger Paula Fitzgerald said Thursday that city officials are looking for additional financing for the project -- however small or even in-kind -- that can shore up the grant application by showing community interest in the project.
"It doesn't have to be large amounts of money," Fitzgerald said.
The city's concept paper on the park is one of 21 applicants to reach the final step in the grant application process.
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