El Paso County: A plan is taking shape to improve aesthetics and management of Rainbow Falls
November 30, 2010
From The Colorado Springs Gazette (Jakob Rodgers) via OutThereColorado.com:
The initial plan is short on specifics, offering instead an outline that includes several aesthetic improvements to the oft-vandalized falls that — if approved by the El Paso County Commissioners — would be completed in the next three years…
In about five years, planners hope to enhance the area’s fishing, build a trail along the creek, expand the parking area east of the trailhead along Serpentine Drive, and establish a regular volunteer clean-up schedule…
Tim Wolken, El Paso County’s director of community services, said the county is working to secure about $80,000 for the project’s first year. A grant approved by Great Outdoors Colorado would supply more than $40,000, while the county would offer roughly $25,000. El Paso officials are waiting to hear if a block grant worth more than $15,000 will be approved to round out initial funding.
She looks forward to the day when graffiti is stricken from the rock walls and “graffiti art” is restricted to one area. “Man and nature can work together through art,” Montgomery said. “But what’s up there right now is not art.”
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