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| Meet our City Council |
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949 E 2nd Ave
Durango, CO
81301-5109
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Cashier and Court:
Monday - Friday
7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
970-375-5000 Phone
970-375-5098 Fax
Parks & Recreation
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Open Space Areas Preserve:
- Scenic views
- Community backdrops
- Wildlife habitat
- Passive recreation
- Unique natural areas
- Important watersheds
- Cultural/historic areas
- Conservation easements
- Dedications
- Donations
- Purchase and transfer of development rights
- Fee-title acquisitions
City Council considers all viable funding sources in the preservation of open space, including the voter-approved City Parks, Open Space and Trails Fund, other public funding sources such as Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO), and private donations to the tax-deductible City of Durango Enrichment Fund.
Natural Lands Preservation Advisory Board
Natural Lands Preservation Advisory Board meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at the Durango Public Library.
| Open Space Inventory Through December 2009 | |||
| Name | Year Acquired |
Acres | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett | 2002 | .34 | Purchased |
| Birket | 2001 | 15.56 | Purchased |
| Cedar Ridge | 2010 | 6.36 | Dedication |
| Cliff Rock | 2009 |
200 |
Purchased |
| Crader | 2010 | 222.92 | Purchased |
| Cundiff Park** | 1997 | 17.65 | Purchased |
| Dallabetta Park Site** | 1996 | 4.12 | Dedication |
| Dallabetta (Neal)** |
2005 | 3.74 | Purchased |
| Dalla Mountain Park |
2005 | 177.80 | Purchased |
| Elks Parcel | 2001 | 7.00 | Purchased |
| Ella Vita Canyon |
2007 |
3.78 |
Dedication |
| Escalante Crossing |
2002 | 13.30 | Dedication |
| First Presbyterian Church (1/3) | 2009 |
240 |
Purchased |
| FLC Board of Trustees | 2010 | 366.92 | Purchased |
| FLC Foundation 240 (1/3) | 2009 |
0 |
Purchased |
| FLC Foundation 115 | 2010 | 115 | Purchased |
| Gardella | 2006 | 66.00 | Purchased |
| Hamilton | 2004 | 2.38 | Purchased |
| Hanks | 2000 | 2.45 | Purchased |
| Hawk's Nest | 2002 | 6.10 | Dedication |
| La Plata County Greenway | 2004 | 2.27 | Dedication |
| La Plata Open Space | 2008 |
1.03 |
Purchased |
| Mercy Housing/Raider Ridge |
2003 | 14.12 | Dedication |
| Overend Mountain Park | 1994/95 | 269.70 | Purchased |
| Peregrine Creek Addition | 1999 | 28.13 | Dedication |
| Rea Greenway |
2008 | 5.18 | Purchased |
| RiverGate |
2003 | 4.00 | Dedication |
| SkyRidge | 2001 | 183.85 | Dedication |
| Smelter/Tailings* | 2000 | 79.14 | Dedication |
| Three Springs Open Space |
2006 | 34.78 | Dedication |
| Three Springs Confluence Park** |
2006 | 15.28 | Dedication |
| Vet Clinic/Harley |
2003 | 2.30 | Dedication |
| Walmart | 1998 | 15.00 | Dedication |
*City-owned land used for off-leash area
** Dallabetta Park, Cundiff Park and Three Springs Confluence Park included in park acreage calculations.
