Click the link to read the article on the Pagosa Springs Sun website (Derek Kutzer). Here’s an excerpt:
August 29, 2024
On Aug. 22, the Pagosa Springs Town Council approved a resolution authorizing the town to apply for grant funding from the Great Out- doors Colorado (GOCO) Community Impact Grant Program and the fed- eral Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). If awarded, the grant funding would go toward the purchase of 3.63 acres of property adjacent to the San Juan River near the junction of U.S. 160 and U.S. 84.
An agenda brief on the matter states that the funding would support the first phase of the East Gateway River Park Project, which would include purchasing the land, an environmental assessment, site improvement design, cleanup, boat ramp installation and parking im- provements. An executive summary plan, drafted by the town, states, “Future project phases will include con- structing additional amenities such as restrooms, a handicap-accessible fishing pier, shade structures, paved parking, and a riverwalk trailhead.”