The year has been a busy one for Friends of Rapid City Parks. In addition to our biennial city election forum to hear what candidates think about the parks and greenway, we helped sponsor the Fat Tire Fest, supported construction of the new Vicki Powers Memorial Park, staffed a booth at a city forum on Green/Sustainable, supported the Lions Club in development of a trail on park land west of Canyon Lake, and advocated successfully for the removal of an illegal structure in the greenway.
Each year has its big issue: 2008 saw the fight to keep an apartment complex out of the floodway west of the Cleghorn Fish Hatchery, and this year we advocated to limit incursions into the greenway by proposed expansion at Central High School.
The parks are quiet under a blanket of snow this month, but with your support Friends of Rapid City Parks will remain on watch. We hope you will use the website as a tool to keep informed and stay in touch.
Let us know what you think!