Special to CCN
On March 23, the Centennial City Council and other local
officials participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for Phase 1
of the Civic Center Park, which will be just west of the Centennial
Civic Center. Phase 1 of the project includes general site work and
major utilities. The parking lot, shelter, water play feature,
playground, amphitheater and climbing wall will be constructed this
year.
The 11 acres for the park was acquired by the city in early 2008
and a master plan was completed in 2009. The park will provide a
variety of recreation amenities including a playground, water play,
shelters, restroom, mountain view overlook, environmental and
historical education, open space meadow, sledding hill, climbing
walls, walking trails, formal amphitheater, parking for users and
entry gateways to provide an identity for the park and
community.
This initial phase is completely funded. The city will use
Arapahoe County Share-Back Funds and Colorado Conservation Trust
Funds to construct the project. This funding will be supplemented
with grants from Great Outdoors Colorado and Arapahoe County. The
grants received exceed $1 million. The cost of Phase 1 is about
$5.3 million.
“We are very excited to see plans for the Civic Center Park now
become a reality . I look forward to this park creating the sense
of place for our City that brings the east and west sides of
Centennial together,” said Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon. “This is a
great addition to our community.”
This project will be completed by the end of 2011. Turner
Construction will be the general contractor on the site.
