by Amy Gillentine Published: July 15,2011
Tags: City Council, Memorial Health System, parks
City Council member Tim Leigh has an idea about how to answer the question about what to do with Memorial Hospital and how to maintain the city’s parks system. He suggested that that the hospital system to take over at least two of the parks, possibly three – Memorial Park, Boulder Park and Monument Valley [...] [...]
El Paso county commissioners are holding a hearing on a plan to put a sales tax for parks on the November ballot. The group Great Parks-Great Communities wants voters to decide on if they want to pay a cent and a half on a $10 purchase to support city parks. If approved, more than $9 [...] [...]
City officials announced today that recycling bins will be installed in city parks and other public spaces by April. Colorado Springs, apparently, has come a long way since last year’s budget crunch forced it to yank trash cans out of parks. The recycling program will not be paid for my the city, however. It’s the [...] [...]
The Colorado State Parks Board is considering raising fees for entrance passes, some campgrounds and other facilities to make up for declining state funding. The board is meeting Thursday in Basalt. Members are looking at raising the daily entrance fee by $1 and camping fees at a dozen of the most popular parks by $2 [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: January 25,2010
Tags: budget, Colorado Springs, parks, trails, trash
In a drastic move to address general fund budget gaps, the city has begun to remove trash cans from neighborhood parks. About 400 trash cans will be removed from 128 neighborhood parks and from all urban trail corridors within the next two weeks. Justifying the decision, city spokesperson Julie Smith said, ”The parks department spends [...] [...]
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