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Parks district explored
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 3:44 PM by Abby Lane
It won't be a walk in the park.
"With the struggles that we've seen in parks and general and the budgets of both the city and the county I think that it only makes sense on a more regional basis," said El Paso County Commissioner Sallie Clark.
County and city leaders are talking about working together to form a parks district to help save money and save area parks. It will take a lot of work. "Our citizens want us to look at better ways to partner together," she said.
It's not an entirely new concept. There was a parks district several years ago that was dissolved because it was an economically stronger time. Now that times are tough again they're revisiting it -- hard at work to save the places where people play.
If a parks district looks like a viable solution, it would be put on the ballot for everyone to weigh in.
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