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Board reviews green-space gap analysis; community urges school and church partnerships
Summary
City staff presented a green-space access and equity map showing roughly 73% of residents within a 10-minute walk of a park and identified several service gaps (notably 'C2'); board and public suggested partnerships with schools and churches and a mix of acquisition, zoning, and pocket-park strategies.
City staff presented an updated green-space access and equity analysis to the Longmont Parks & Recreation Advisory Board on Dec. 9, showing that about 73% of residents — roughly 72,000 people, staff said — live within a 10-minute walk of a park. The analysis used a pedestrian-network approach (sidewalks and pathways) rather than straight-line circles to identify service gaps across the city and compared current gaps with the 2014 master plan.
The presenter flagged gap C2 as a priority because it overlaps with measures of economic vulnerability and extreme-heat risk. Staff showed that some previously…
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