|
|||
| Completion Date: | 2005 | ||
| Location: | Superior, Colorado | ||
| Description: |
Design Concepts, in alliance with GreenPlay LLC and Geowest, Inc., has developed new methodologies for measuring and analyzing the service provided to communities by parks, trails, open space, and other recreational amenities. These are part of the GRASP suite of tools used to help agencies meet their mission to provide the public with parks and recreation services. Superior was one of the first communities to take advantage of the full capabilities of GRASP in order to create the town's first-ever master plan for parks, recreation, open space and trails.
Since 1990 the population of Superior has grown from about 250 residents to more than 11,000. This growth occurred primarily within the new development of Rock Creek, which had it's own park district. At the build-out of Rock Creek, ownership of the parks, trails, and open space system was transferred to the town, which greatly expanded the duties of the Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails Department. This necessitated the preparation of a master plan to guide the department's future and the future of the town's parks and recreation system. GRASP was used to measure existing levels of service and to project future needs for parks, trails, and open space. It also was used to support recommendations for capital improvements, management, and operations for the future. An interactive public process was used to identify issues and needs, and to develop solutions and a vision for the future of the town's parks, trails, and open space system. A particularly unique feature of the project was the development of a level-of-service map for the entire town showing how any given geographic location was being served by open space amenties, such as natural areas, trails, and scenic views. For more information on the Town of Superior, go to http://www.townofsuperior.com/ |
||
