Proposals from citizens and city departments that affect Rapid City parks are on the list of ideas for using 2012 Vision Funds. Ideas range from new, small neighborhood parks to ambitious proposals. Friends of Rapid City Parks will be commenting on the various proposals at hearings that begin this week. The first proposal up for discussion is implementation of a … Read More
Schedule of Public Meetings on 2012 Proposals
Vision 2012: Phase Four Subcommittee Public Hearing Schedule All hearings will be held at The Dahl 713 7th Street Rapid City, SD Economic Development Chairperson: Gary Drewes Wednesday, May 26, 2010 – 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Skyline Wilderness Park) Thursday, May 27, 2010 – 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Main Street Square) (Public comment will be taken at both … Read More
Walkers and Bikers Hear about Master Plan
Members of a team beginning development of a Master Plan for Pedestrian and Bike Paths in Rapid City explained their approach and listened to comments from interested people at a an information session hosted by Friends of Rapid City Parks. Ann Friewald and Hannah Kapell of Alta Planning + Design, and local planner Mike Bender told a group of 20 … Read More
More on trails
Additions to portions of the bike trail within the park along Rapid Creek are on the city docket as well as the master planning underway for areas outside the park. Preliminary designs for trail extensions to SDSM&T and the Central States Fairgrounds will be ready for public meetings some time in July, with a projected early fall decision by the … Read More
40th Annual City Wide Clean Up Day Needs YOU
Join Friends of Rapid City Parks and dozens of your friends and neighbors in spiffing up public areas in our parks, along Rapid Creek, and on our busiest streets. The Mayor’s office reports that this year, the 40th annual event—coinciding with the 40th anniversary of Earth Day—is drawing volunteers from organizations and groups who have never participated before. Meet at … Read More
Volunteer at the Fat Tire Fest!
As a sponsor of the BH Fat Tire Festival, Friends of Rapid City Parks is looking for volunteers to staff a table and to help out in general with the event. According to Festival organizers, volunteers are the heart and the soul of this event “and receive perks for helping us pull this anarchy together, all while having one hell … Read More
Fat Tire Festival Set for May
Registration opened March 1 for the Black Hills Fat Tire Festival, named one of South Dakota’s “Great Events” of 2010. Friends of Rapid City Parks has again joined other sponsors of the Festival, which draws cyclists from around the country. Organizers have added many new events, races, and programs to the festival. Read more about it on their website. And … Read More
Bike Path extensions on the way
Survey work has begun on three projects to extend Rapid City’s bike trails: one along Rapid Creek at Founders Park, one to connect the bike path with SDSM&T, and one that will take the path around the Central States Fairgrounds.
Ad Hoc Green Task Force Seeks Participants
The Mayor’s Sustainable Cities Ad Hoc Task Force for the City of Rapid City will meets the second and fourth Fridays of every month at 8 a.m. at the conference room of the Parks Division at 2915 Canyon Lake Road (the entrance to Old Storybook Island). The first session of each month includes time for public comment, and the second … Read More
Green History Event Draws Large Crowd
More than 100 fans of parks, wilderness and western history packed the Cyclorama January 17 for the second in the “Green Cubed” series of events co-sponsored by the Dahl, Friends of Rapid City Parks and Democracy in Action. The program featured Mt. Rushmore Superintendent Gerard Baker and six regional writers whose work centers on West River land, landscapes and environment. … Read More