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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

New Park Planned in Centennial

If you didn't see the article in the newspaper, here it is. Our Parks and Recreation board is already discussing synergies that could provide connectivity from our community to the trail systems...

Centennial, which became a city just nine years ago, is set to build its first park — a $4.7 million project on 11 acres off East Arapahoe Road.
Just west of the current Centennial Civic Center, where city business is conducted, the park will have an amphitheater, a large pavilion and climbing walls.
"It's not just a park," Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon said. "It's a matter of a community building an identity, to have a gathering place where east and west can get together and celebrate."
Centennial residents have parks they can use, but they all belong to other parks and recreation districts.
The city was incorporated when Arapahoe County residents felt the pressure from growing urban areas, such as Greenwood Village.
When voters approved incorporation Sept. 12, 2000, Centennial became Colorado's fifth-largest city.
The new park next to the civic center is being funded mainly by open- space sales-tax revenue the city receives from Arapahoe County.
The land was purchased several years ago for $2.6 million when the city also bought land for the current civic center.
Centennial will soon start accepting construction bids for the park and hopes to have it completed by the fall of 2011, city spokeswoman Sherry Patten said.
Patten said numerous meetings were held, and residents clearly said they wanted a park to call their own.
City officials have moved up the timeline of the park to take advantage of lower construction and materials costs attributed to the down economy.
"We're trying to do this in a first- class way, providing a park that has a number of uses," Patten said.
The park will also have a playground for kids. The main entry will have a plaza built of stone. An overlook platform 15 feet above the plaza will allow for views of Pikes Peak to the south and Longs Peak to the north.
Officials plan to hold concerts, fairs and other community events in the park.
"I think it will be unique and quite a destination," Noon said.
Carlos Illescas: 303-954-1175 or cillescas@denverpost.com

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