{"id":2455868,"date":"2020-03-16T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=322770"},"modified":"2020-03-16T23:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T05:15:00","slug":"crown-mountain-park-in-el-jebel-scores-168000-grant-to-expand-bike-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/crown-mountain-park-in-el-jebel-scores-168000-grant-to-expand-bike-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Crown Mountain Park in El Jebel scores $168,000 grant to expand bike park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.4550898203593\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-322770-502\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Crown-Mountain-Park-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Crown-Mountain-Park.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District secured a vital grant Thursday to help it build a 3.75-acre bike park in the midvalley.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District secured a vital grant Thursday to help it build a 3.75-acre bike park in the midvalley.<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Crown-Mountain-Park.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District secured a vital grant Thursday to help it build a 3.75-acre bike park in the midvalley.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/crownparty-atd-052716-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/crownparty-atd-052716-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy photo | Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District secured a vital grant Thursday to help it build a 3.75-acre bike park in the midvalley.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District secured a vital grant Thursday to help it build a 3.75-acre bike park in the midvalley.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/crownparty-atd-052716-1.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District secured a vital grant Thursday to help it build a 3.75-acre bike park in the midvalley.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/crown-mountain-park-in-el-jebel-scores-168000-grant-to-expand-bike-park\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/crown-mountain-park-in-el-jebel-scores-168000-grant-to-expand-bike-park\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District secured a vital grant Thursday to help it build a 3.75-acre bike park in the midvalley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Great Outdoors Colorado announced it awarded a $168,091 grant to the park in the El Jebel area. It was one of 17 Local Park and Outdoor Recreation grants awarded, according to a GOCO news release. There were 59 applications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe\u2019ve gone for this one for three years. It\u2019s really competitive,\u201d said Becky Wagner, the park and recreation district\u2019s executive director.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The grant and other funding will allow the park to add features for all ability levels. The park already has an extremely popular BMX track which hosts more than 100 users weekly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cCreating this incredible bike park is a feather in the cap for our community and bike riders everywhere who love to visit here,\u201d Wagner said. \u201cIt will be a community treasure for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The total project is $484,000. In addition to the GOGO grant, Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District is contributing $150,000, Eagle County chipped in $30,000 and there will be sponsorships from Alpine Bank, Mid Valley Metropolitan District and 1st Bank. Wagner said about $140,000 in in-kind service has been pledged to get the work done.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The bike park will feature a beginner to expert dirt jump progression track and two lanes of mirrored asphalt pump track. In addition, there will be a 1-mile, cross-country trail where riders can practice skills on rolling hills, a variety of balance obstacles, and rock and wood features.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">GOCO funding also will support navigation signage, safety fencing, landscaping and shape structures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Construction has been delayed one week because of the COVID-19 crisis, but Wagner said she is hopeful work will start later in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cOur goal is to get it open June 1, but it depends on how long (the health crisis continues),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The expanded park will serve families who visit the park for its wide range of recreation opportunities. The staffs at the park and Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club will provide programming that will include free bike rentals and affordable bike camps and clinics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The expansion of the biking facilities at Crown Mountain Park further enhances the Roaring Fork Valley\u2019s facilities. The valley was designated a Gold Level Ride Center in January by the International Mountain Biking Association. It was the first area in Colorado to get the designation and only the seventh worldwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThis bike park expansion will strengthen the Ride Center\u2019s Gold Level scoring during future evaluations, while creating a place for our youngest generation to learn, train and benefit from multiple aspects of cycling culture in a safe environment,\u201d said Mike Pritchard, director of the Roaring Fork Mountain Bike Association, a chapter of the international association.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:scondon@aspentimes.com\">scondon@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/crown-mountain-park-in-el-jebel-scores-168000-grant-to-expand-bike-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District secured a vital grant Thursday to help it build a 3.75-acre bike park in the midvalley.Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District secured a vital grant Thursday to help it build a 3.75-acre bike park in the midvalley.Courtesy photo Show CaptionsHide Captions Crown Mountain Park and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2455868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 10:02:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}