A 9.6-acre park in Lone Tree will be celebrated with a grand
opening event May 9.
Prairie Sky Park sits next door to the Lone Tree Recreation
Center, and will offer residents a multi-purpose playing field, a
multi-purpose ball field, a basketball court and walking/jogging
paths. Two playgrounds will host children from ages 5 to 12 years
old.
According to Seth Hoffman, Lone Tree’s assistant city manager, a
portion of the funding for Prairie Sky Park came from a grant
through Great Outdoors Colorado in the amount of $200,000. The city
received the maximum awarded amount in the Local Government Parks
and Outdoor Recreation category.
“It was the first time the city applied for a GOCO grant,”
Hoffman said.
Residents are invited to come out to the park for the grand
opening for a picnic, kite flying, face painting, baseball games
and music. Festivities include many free activities with numerous
vendors in attendance. The Lone Tree Farmer’s Market will be onsite
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the Colorado Ultimate Frisbee
Association will conduct free coaching clinics and coordinate
pick-up Frisbee games.
Ultimate Frisbee is basically a game of keep-away, with the goal
of catching the disc in the other team’s end zone. The Ultimate
Frisbee members at the grand opening are members of this
volunteer-based organization.
Lone Tree schools will have fundraising activities to benefit
the school children in the community.
