Fort Lupton Community Park gets upgrades

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e City of Fort Lupton Community Park will be renovated to provide outdoor recreation for all ages to support a growing community, ofcials announced this week.

e Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) board awarded a grant to Fort Lupton for $790,000 to revitalize its Community Park.

“We are grateful for GOCO’s generous support of this important park renovation in our community,” said Doug Cook, recreation manager at the City of Fort Lupton.

In addition, Fort Lupton residents, local businesses, council members, recreation center sta , and volunteers raised additional funds for $50,110 in cash. Dale’s Pharmacy made a $20,000 challenge grant to support park renovations, according to o cials.

GOCO develops a Community Impact grant focused to help cities revitalize their infrastructure, such as parks, trails, school yards, fairgrounds, environment education facilities, and outdoor projects to provide a quality of life for its com-