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Proposed Pickleball Courts at Smith Sports Complex

Pickleball Court Info
Design Concept A
Design Concept B
Pickleball Court Survey

Pickleball Court Info

Pickleball Courts at Smith Sports Complex

Parks and Recreation is proposing outdoor pickleball courts at Smith Sports Complex at Fort Lewis College. A public process will begin with an open house on Tuesday, April 26th from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at the Durango Community Recreation Center. The open house will begin with a presentation at 4:30 p.m.

The tentative schedule for the project is to complete design work in the Spring of 2022, secure funding, permits, and go out for bid in the Summer/Fall of 2022 and construct the pickleball courts in the Fall 2022 and Spring of 2023.

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Design Concept A

Pickleball Courts at FLC - Concept Plan A

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Design Concept B

Pickleball Courts at FLC - Concept Plan B

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Pickleball Court Survey

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ART - Rank Park to Demon Bridge ▼
ART North - 32nd St. crossing ▼
SMART 160 Trail East ▼

ART - Rank Park to Demon Bridge ▼

Animas River Trail - Rank Park to Demon Pedestrian Bridge

The existing trail surface in this section of the Animas River Trail between Rank Park and the Demon Pedestrian Bridge is scheduled for replacement in 2022. Trail improvements that will include a wider concrete trail platform and enhanced drainage infrastructure. Construction of the trail improvements is currently scheduled to begin spring 2022.

ART North - 32nd St. crossing ▼

Animas River Trail North - 32nd Street and Animas River crossing

The proposed connection of the Animas River Trail between Memorial Park and Animas City Park via a grade-separated underpass crossing of E. 32nd Street and a a new pedestrian bridge spanning 170 feet across the Animas River, is currently in progress.

Staff contacts:

Scott McClain, Assistant Parks Director (970) 375-7322 Click on images to enlarge.

SMART 160 Trail East ▼

Animas River Trail to SMART 160 Trail Connection

The multi-use, hard-surface, SMART 160 Trail connection will be the primary community trail corridor between the Three Springs area of Durango and the Animas River Trail within the City of Durango. The final build out of the SMART 160 Trail will provide approximately 2.6 miles of trail. Progress has been made with development of portions of the trail on the both the western and eastern ends of the connection.

The preliminary alignment for the remaining portion of trail has been identified in coordination with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and adjacent property owners. The 1.25 mile long trail segment corridor included in SMART 160 East Trail Connection project will provide public trail connection between a proposed future underpass of Highway 550/160 at the Sale Barn trailhead and the developed trail at the Highway 550/160 overpass bridge structures, linking central Durango to the Three Springs area of the community together.

Santa Rita Park ▼
Hillcrest View Park ▼
Pioneer Park ▼

Santa Rita Park ▼

Santa Rita Park

Santa Rita Park is a heavily used park space within the City of Durango parks system. 2021 construction has replaced park amenities that were displaced by development of the Santa Rita Water Reclamation Facility (SRWRF), which include a lighted basketball court, two lighted sand volleyball courts and a large picnic pavilion. The project will finish this spring with minor landscape

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Hillcrest View Park ▼

Hillcrest View Park

A new playground space is planned for Hillcrest View Park. A community meeting was conducted in late January with input that included improving pedestrian access into the park, improving seating and maintaining a smaller, neighborhood scale for the playground.

The playground area will be lowered to improve the overall accessibility between the park and street levels. At this time there is not a construction timeline for this project.

Hillcrest View Park Exhibit

Hillcrest View Park Playround Drawings here

The Hillcrest View Park Improvement meeting took place January 28, 2021. The PowerPoint Presentation from the meeting may be viewed here

Public comments are available here

Pioneer Park ▼

Pioneer Park

Park improvements including ADA accessible parking, an ADA accessible sidewalk to the shade pavilion, natural climbing boulders, tree plantings and landscape improvements at the west edge of the park are planned for 2022. Community feedback specific to possible park and play area improvements was provided during a neighborhood. Suggested park improvements included additional tree plantings, additional buffer landscape and irrigation at the west edge of the park, low scale and naturalistic play, additional seating, and better parking/accessibility.