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Equestrian groups press county after indoor fairgrounds public sessions suspended; advisory committee offers to draft recommendation
Summary
After county staff applied an equity review to fairgrounds programming, Boulder County Parks and Open Space suspended unscheduled indoor public "open ride" sessions; on Feb. 27, dozens of equestrian stakeholders, 4-H families and volunteers urged the Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee to recommend restoring winter indoor access.
Community members, equestrian volunteers and youth-program leaders pressed the Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee on Feb. 27 to reinstate indoor open-ride public sessions at the Boulder County Fairgrounds for the 2025–26 winter season after the county discontinued those unscheduled sessions.
Cindy Johnson, speaking for open-ride users and community stakeholders, told the committee the decision to close winter indoor sessions was insufficiently transparent and urged the committee to recommend the commissioners reinstate open ride for the next winter season. "We are simply asking for the opportunity to go back to the drawing board and try again," Johnson said, and asked the committee to forward that recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners.
Joe LaFollette, Fairgrounds Manager, said the policy change came after a county review that applied an ‘‘equity lens’’ to unscheduled…
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