Colorado Real Estate Journal - September 16, 2015
Commerce City recently celebrated the opening of Fronterra Park. The neighborhood park is the second voter-approved project completed in the $137 million capital improvement program, which will complete five projects by Jan. 1, 2019. The nearly 20-acre park at 10020 Joplin St. features a hillside slide, two graded playfields, a playground, skate area, fitness stations, sustainable landscaping and a restroom. The $4 million project was constructed in nine months by general contractor Golden Triangle Construction. Designed by DHM Design, the natureinspired, active concept was selected and refined by residents during community meetings and online input. Wember Inc. served as the owner’s representative. The neighborhood park is one of five projects funded by a 1 percent sales and use tax increase approved by voters in 2013 to build, operate and maintain five projects in five years. The projects include: • Three new neighborhood parks (Fronterra, Turnberry and Villages at Buffalo Run East), • The widening of Tower Road from 80th to 103rd avenues, • A new recreation center near 112th Avenue and Highway 2, • The expansion of the existing recreation center and • A new outdoor pool at Pioneer Park.