Our pedestrian-bridge management team put together
and submitted a $25K grant application for a Local Parks and Outdoor
Recreation (LPOR) Grant from Great Outdoors Colorado, aiming to fund a
number of bridge-related enhancements not covered under the CDOT
(Colo. Dept of Transportation) bridge-construction Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA).
Our grant proposal is to:
Our grant proposal is to:
- Build 2 trail-entry kiosks for attracting, guiding, and educating bridge and park users. One kiosk will be at the Water Treatment Plant across the street from Town Park; a second will be in Pioneer Park on the other side of the bridge near the campground and disc golf Tee #1.
- Install a day-use area on the Pioneer Park side of the bridge with picnic area, environmental education, and parking.
- Install angler access immediately upstream from the bridge, also instream habitat work to improve the fishing opportunity.
- Plant functional landscaping around the bridge and day use area, also add some benches and solar lighting.
See PDF attached for graphics from the grant application for more information about the project.
If successful, we will combine the $25,000 GOCO grant with:
· ToHSS $5,000 from Conservation Trust + $5,000 in-kind materials
· Local
partners in-kind $2,500 contribution from Grand Environmental, Conservation
Assistance, Topknot Engineering, Munn Architecture, and Willow Creek
Signs
For $35,000 Total Project Value
Many
thanks to guidance from Mayor Hershal Deputy and strong support from
Board of Trustees, especially Project Coordinator Dan Nolan. Also
thanks to several local residents and park regulars who wrote letters,
also Mike Crosby from Colorado Parks and Wildlife without whom we could
not proceed.
We will be hiring 3 local contractors for much of the work:
- Clearing contractor to remove trees, brush, and topsoil from the project areas.
- Excavation contractor to install angler access and in-stream structure.
- Carpenter to install 2 kiosks + signs, etc.
Tentative date for GOCO funding announcement is June 19, 2012 – wish us luck!
Geoff Elliott, Project Manager
Grand Environmental Services
970-509-0199
