Fully one third of our municipal parks lie in the towering shadow or flickering lights of a billboard. From swings and sliding boards, from gazebos and flower gardens, the view exhorts us to eat, drink, buy, sell, visit and vote. Friends of Rapid City Parks thinks the view within a municipal park should be framed by trees, clouds and the … Read More
2012 Recommendations Include Parks
Parks are among the beneficiaries of proposed projects using 2012 funding over the next several years. The three subcommittees reviewing Phase Four 2012 proposals made recommendations to the Rapid City city council in a special meeting June 30. Among the projects that will occur in, or affect, Rapid City’s parks are repairs on Canyon Lake dam, creation of a new … Read More
2012 Report Goes to Council June 30
The three committees of the 2012 Phase Four process will present their report at a special meeting of the Rapid City Council at 6 p.m., June 30 in council chambers. The committees, Economic Development, Municipal Infrastructure and Civic Improvements, heard from project proponents at six public meetings in May and June. Committee chairs Gary Drewes, Scott Amos and Gladys Storm … Read More
Central footprint in the park gets smaller
The proposed expansion of Central High School will take a smaller bite out of the greenway thanks to actions Friends of Rapid City Parks have pressed on school and city officials. Since learning that initial plans for a new science wing, gym and parking would encroach on park land set aside after the 1972 flood, FRCP members have successfully advocated … Read More