Piñon Valley Park Fundraising Updates

Thank you to all the Piñon Valley Park donors

Thank you all for your generous donations towards maintenance of Piñon Valley Park for this year. We have already collected over $5,000 towards park needs.

Our first effort will be to provide funds to the City for overseeding. Per Kurt Schroeder of the City of Colorado Springs Parks and Recreation department, this is a top priority in addition to fertilization. The time to do this is now so we will request that work be done as soon as possible.

In addition to donations received by neighborhood residents, we are pleased to report the receipt of two HOA donations towards the park. First, Green Valley Ranch HOA is donating the cost of a dumpster for the park starting in May and continuing through October. This is in addition to their donation of trash bags and two GVR residents picking up trash on a weekly basis. Second, the Piñon Glen HOA is generously donating $320 to go towards the cost of a portable toilet for May through October also. Our thanks go to both of these associations for their generous donations for these services.

We are continuing to look at other ways to maintain the park. Although the City does not have recyclable containers, we hope to be able to provide containers for the many bottles and cans left in the park. We also hope to schedule some clean-up days throughout the summer, and we have joined Proud of Our Parks, a grassroots organization started to help sustain Colorado Springs parks.

Volunteers are still needed to help pick up trash, fill dog walk stations with bags, and keep us posted on work to be done in the park.

Do you have recent pictures of our park? We would like to post some on our website, so please forward any to our webmaster.

Thank you again for your support to maintain a healthy park for our families and community.