Media Advisory: Cherry Creek State Park swim beach building ribbon cutting
Kara Van Hoose
June 26, 2024
Media Advisory: Cherry Creek State Park swim beach building ribbon cutting
AURORA, Colo - Colorado Parks and Wildlife is hosting a ribbon cutting celebration for the new Cherry Creek State Park swim beach building on Saturday, June 29. The event caps off an eight month project to replace the old swim beach building constructed in the 1980s. The new building will have an education room, food truck pad, outdoor covered picnic tables, new bathrooms, outdoor showers and new playground equipment. Funding from Governor Jared Polis’s stimulus project was instrumental in completing the new facility.
WHAT: Swim beach building ribbon cutting and mural dedication
WHEN: 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 29
WHERE: Swim beach on the east side of Cherry Creek State Park
WHO: Cherry Creek State Park staff, Aurora Chamber of Commerce, Bronco Wild Fund, Action Trackchair
The Bronco Wild Fund will also be making a donation to the park towards the purchase of the first track chair for Cherry Creek and planting trees Saturday afternoon.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is an enterprise agency, relying primarily on license sales, state parks fees and registration fees to support its operations, including: 43 state parks and more than 350 wildlife areas covering approximately 900,000 acres, management of fishing and hunting, wildlife watching, camping, motorized and non-motorized trails, boating and outdoor education. CPW's work contributes approximately $6 billion in total economic impact annually throughout Colorado.