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Turner Construction selected to construct the 11 acre Centennial Civic Center Park
(Centennial, COLO) This past Monday, the Centennial City Council approved a resolution to move forward with plans to build Phase 1 of the Civic Center Park, which will be just west of the Centennial Civic Center. Turner Construction will be the general contractor on the site.
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.
Phase 1 of the project is scheduled to begin in the next 30-45 days. This phase includes general site work and major utilities. The parking lot, shelter, water play feature, playground, amphitheater and climbing wall will be constructed this year.
This initial phase is completely funded. The City will use Arapahoe County Share-Back Funds and Colorado Conservation Trust Funds (CTF) to construct the project. This funding will be supplemented with grants from Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) and Arapahoe County. The grants received exceed $1 million. The cost of Phase 1 is $5,349,033.00.
"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 , says Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon. This is a great addition to our community."
This project will be completed by the end of 2011.
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Allison Wittern
Public Information & Special Events Manager
City of Centennial
13133 E. Arapahoe Rd.
Centennial, CO 80112
303-754-3443
awittern@centennialcolorado.com
