The colorado department of natural resources (colorado parks and wildlife) will sub-grant the lwcf award to the city of rifle

The National Park Service, through its Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916), has awarded a $2,500,000 project grant to the Colorado Department of Natural Resources (Colorado Parks and Wildlife) to sub-grant to the City of Rifle. The project will develop an underutilized pasture into a new neighborhood park, providing varied recreational opportunities for over 1,000 residents. Key elements include a park entry, irrigation pond, parking, lighting, playground, central plaza, shelters, pickleball courts, multi-use fields, perimeter trail, and landscaping improvements. This grant supports the program's goals of preserving natural spaces and enhancing public access to outdoor recreation facilities across the United States.

The project will develop an underutilized pasture into a neighborhood park that will include park entry, irrigation pond, parking lot and lighting, playground and equipment, a central plaza, shelters, and shelter lighting and site furnishings. Other additions include port-a-lets and enclosures, perimeter park fencing, landscape planting and improvements, multi-use fields, a futsal court, pickleball courts, and pickleball plaza and shelter. Additionally, there will be vegetative screening at the pickleball courts, a concrete perimeter trail and pedestrian trail lighting, and landscape planting and improvements. The project will provide varied recreational opportunities within a walkable distance for over a thousand residents in the community.