GOCO ANNOUNCES GRANT RECIPIENTS

On June 19, the Great Outdoors Colorado Board awarded $37.3 million in GOCO/Lottery funds to 42 projects throughout the state. $29.5 million was dedicated to GOCO’s special River Corridors Initiative which will fund eight river and creek projects across the state, designed to provide close-to-home recreation opportunities. Two of the projects are within the Park Hill radius: the $4.6 million Denver South Platte River Vision Implementation Project and the $3.4 Aurora Triple Creek Greenway Corridor Project. On the South Platte, the City will use GOCO funds to help remake Grant-Frontier, Overland, Vanderbilt and Johnson-Habitat Park into wilderness-in-the-city spaces. There will also be improvement made to three miles of the South Platte trail between and extending past the parks. In Aurora, on the Triple Creek Corridor, the city will be able to secure 275 acres of trail corridor that will add to and eventually link the Sand Creek Trail, the Star K Ranch/Morrison Nature Center, Aurora Sports Park, and the Sand Creek Riparian Preserve. For more information, visit goco.org.