Building strong neighborhoods and social connections through outreach, engagement, and public spaces.
Special events connected community members to each other and brought back the fun • Arts in the Park reactivated the arts community and jumpstarted positive activity in the city’s Civic Area by: • supporting over 15 local arts organizations’ • presenting over 65 outdoor performances • Boulder Creek Festival returned in July, providing over 250,000 Boulderites with the first major festival in over a year and included: • Presenting 50 performances on three stages. • Supporting 65 Boulder-based businesses • Raising over $15,000 for local non-profits • Snow Much Fun (in partnership with Downtown Boulder) brought magic to the holiday season and a feeling of hope and connection in the Civic Area
Master Plan Update
• Engaged with the community to update our Master Plan so that our decisions for parks and recreation align with community values and priorities over the next 5 years: • Three rounds of virtual workshops • Feedback on BeHeardBoulder.org • Statistically valid community survey • Micro-engagements with key populations • We’ve completed the research and needs assessment phases, so what are the next steps for the Master Plan Update? • Discuss with the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and City Council • Finalize and implement the plan New outdoor recreation spaces increased self- directed, outdoor drop-in recreation opportunities for youth and adults during the pandemic • Renovated Chautauqua Park’s playground to refresh play features and make It a place for kids and adults to connect and have fun • Constructed new skate park areas for kids and kids at heart, including: • A new skate park and pump track at Valmont City Park • An expansion of the skate park at Scott Carpenter’s Skate Park • A new mini skate area at Howard Heuston Park Amidst a record-revenue producing year, Flatirons Golf Course connected with community members through: • 47,464 rounds of golf played • Over 40,000 baskets of driving range balls hit • Over 600 hours of instruction for Boulder high school students, • 300 disc golf participants • 6 drive-in movies over 3 nights with over 200 cars each night
• 7 dazzling light displays for 49 days • Holiday train took 540 people around Downtown
Volunteers make Boulder a better place for all. From park and flower bed cleanups to prairie dog monitoring to educating and reporting at the Reservoir, our volunteers are amazing! In an increase over 2020: • 1,344 volunteers brought their labors of love for 10,109 volunteer hours We are committed to removing financial barriers to participation by providing free services for those who qualify. • Number of community members participating in a financial aid program increased from 3,458 people entering facilities 15,933 times in 2020 to 2,270 people entering facilities 22,267 times in 2021. • The Health-Equity Funded Recquity Program, which provides free access to city recreation facilities, paid for 3,750 visits to Scott Carpenter Pool, 5% of the total visits.
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