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Panorama Park to undergo largest neighborhood park renovation in City history
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) Saturday, a local park in the Pikes Peak region is getting a major renovation.
Panorama Park is set to undergo the largest neighborhood park renovation in reported City history.
The space in Southeast Colorado Springs, adjacent to Panorama Middle School, is currently a very small playground.
Now, much of the undeveloped land will be transformed into a newly renovated park.
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“We are so looking forward to starting construction on Panorama Park, said Karen Paulus, the City of Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services director. This transformative project has already been more than three years in the making, and it wouldn’t have happened without the support of the southeast community, the vision of The Trust for Public Land and the generosity and belief in the positive power of parks from numerous private donors. When Panorama
The City of Colorado Springs will hold a groundbreaking for the Panorama Park renovation project at 12:30 p.m. May 8 at Panorama Park. The 13.5 acre park at 4540 Fenton Road, adjacent to Panorama Middle School in the Southeast, is slated to receive the largest neighborhood park renovation in Colorado Springs history.Â
âThis project is estimated at a $7 million investment between the city and the Trust for Public Land for construction,â says Connie Schmeisser, a landscape architect with the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department. âThis is a really important project milestone for the community, and for the city, and for all the people that support this project. Itâs taken us about three years to get to this point. We not only want to say âThank youâ for making this possible, we want to take a moment to recognize all the hard work to this point in taking this next step toward making this vision a reality.â