NORTON

FROM PAGE 12 rently are regarding your year-to-date sales seem like a much higher climb than you can conceivably make up in the next six months.

Whatever your mountain is, get closer to it. Stop looking at it from miles away. Find a guide, a coach, a family member, or a friend who you trust to help you build your trail map. Get to the base of the mountain, identify the trailhead and execute your plan. e mountain isn’t going to climb itself, nor is it going to fall into the ocean and go away. You have more courage than you think, there is grit deep inside of you

Guest Column

David. L Corliss

game area. e park will also be updated to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards, and the irrigation will be upgraded to improve water e ciency.

Plum Creek north park

Work is set to begin on the Plum Creek north neighborhood park at 2225 Emerald Drive, adjacent to the Plum Creek Golf Club. Public feedback to determine the design was completed in 2021, and Town Council recently approved a construction contract.

Planned amenities include a parking lot, half-court basketball, shade structure, four-season restroom, pickleball courts, plaza areas, seating, playgrounds serving youth 2 to 5 years old and 5 to 12 years old, a boulder play structure, yard games and bocce ball courts. is project is funded by impact fees charged to developers to ensure growth ere are experts in this eld to lean on, best practices for safe adults to be helpful without “outing”.

Especially in middle and high school, our children are working on being independent and handling the consequences of their decisions, and as adults, it sure would be nice if we could embrace their choices and help facilitate positive adult and family interactions versus creating a power struggle between everyone. With two kids through high school and one in high school, nothing matters to me more than their safety, so if I don’t know something until a later date, but my not knowing kept my child safe, I welcome it. Mental health struggles in our youth are real and I think most parents underestimate its toll. I do trust the adults in my child’s school, but I also work my tail o to stay involved in their school so that I can then extend my trust.

Julie Gooden Douglas County School District

SEE LETTERS, P19 that needs to be surfaced to start the climb, and never underestimate your endurance to see it all through. Is it time for you to get closer to the base of the mountain instead of imaging how di cult the climb might be from afar? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can realize that what seems completely unmanageable from a distance can seem completely manageable the closer we get, it really will be a better than good life. helps pay for growth.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

Watch for a groundbreaking celebration and an opportunity to provide input on the new park’s name later this summer. e park is anticipated to be completed in summer 2024.

Sports development center e facility is anticipated to include competition and recreation gymnasiums, a competition natatorium, individual and group tness areas, an outdoor tness area, adventure and at tracks, a child watch area, an indoor playground, a gaming/esports room, and a multipurpose room with seating for up to 300. Details of the project and funding are still being nalized. Adding a third indoor recreation facility is included in the Parks and Recreation master and strategic plans. Expanding indoor recreation options also ranked highly within the 2023 community survey. Learn more about Parks and Recreation projects at CRgov.com/ProjectUpdates

More than 9,000 athletic, aquatics, youth camp and arts and enrichment program participants have been waitlisted since 2021 due to a lack of space at the Town’s current indoor recreation facilities.

Town Council in June approved an agreement to complete the design and construction documents for a proposed sports development center at the former Acme Brick facility on Prairie Hawk Drive, which would provide more capacity for athletics and programs.

David L. Corliss is the town manager of Castle Rock