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In recent years, the South Suburban Metro Park and Recreation District constructed a trail along Lee Gulch from Clarkson Street and County Line Road to Ridgewood Park in Littleton, through a variety of south suburban neighborhoods. At Ridgewood Park, the South Suburban Park Foundation project begins. Our plans call for thirty car parking lot here. MM,.. 1etJ.je ~ The Lee Gulch Trail Extension will bring the trail from Ridgewood Park to. the Platte River. The trail will ramp down under the Santa Fe railroad bridge to provide the only below-grade, separated pedestrian crossing of Santa Fe Drive, one of Littleton's busiest streets. The importance of this below grade crossing can not be underestimated! This will be the safest pedestrian/bicycle access to the Platte River, South Platte Park, the Brown Ditch Boat Chutes and the Riverfront Festival Center in all of south suburban Denver. Once on the west side of Santa Fe Drive, cottonwoods and a variety of riparian shrubbery line the creek bed, providing a lush habitat for wildlife. The trail will wind unobtrusively through this especially lovely and increasingly rare micro-environment. The Lee Gulch Trail will meet the Arapahoe Greenway and the Platte River at Oxbow Pond. Oxbow Pond was created in 1987 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers realigned the Platte.River for flood control. Fishery experts from the Colorado Division of Wildlife indicate that with minimal dredging and construction of a small waterfall/drop structure, the pond will support a permanent population of warm water fish. A private contractor has already offered to donate dredging services! Oxbow Pond Park will become an important node in the string of outdoor recreational amenities along the Platte River. It will function as a rest area for hikers and bicyclists along the Lee Gulch Trail and the Arapahoe Greenway, with benches, picnic tables and . 'bike racks and a shady gazebo. A fiShing dock built especially for the handicapped will be a unique feature of Oxbow Pond Park. Once complete, the Lee Gulch Trail Connection and Oxford Pond Park will be maintained by the South Suburban Metro Recreation and Park District. . Please join the South Suburban Park Foundation as we strive to make south suburban Denver a wonderful place to work and to play. Contribute today. Your donation will help to keep our local environment healthy, beautiful and safe for generations to come. . DESIGN CONCEPT for LEE GULCH TRAIL CONNECTION . and OXBOW POND PARK . Prepared by Urban Edges, Inc. for the South Suburban Park FoundatioIl The proposed Lee Gulch Trail Connection and Oxbow Pond Park will provide unique outdoor recreation opportunities to . citizens of south suburban Denver communities. The Lee Gulch Trail Connection will provide safe pedestrian\bicycle access to the Platte River from most south suburban neighborhoods. Oxbow Pond will be dredged for fishing. Amenities proposed for the pond site include a handicapped accessible fishing dock, a shelter gazebo, picnic tables, grills and bicycle racks. """"~..,""" . ~"""'''*'''i~ )(~ ~~cJ, i Ii .: /: . . ;- "'~P'l~'IJ>.l'C In this era of limited government resources, the South Suburban Park Foundation is seeking corporate and private matching donations to create the Lee Gulch Trail and Oxbow Pond Park. The South Suburban Park Foundation is asking you to contribute to recreational amenities that benefit our health, our economy and our civic pride! Our immensely popular, award winning Arapahoe Greenway demonstrates the South Suburban Park Foundation's ability to build successful public works projects through public/private partnerships. < , ~ ~ }.~Iol~&I " i . VICIIlI'''( MI\F ,Jo ""'-"- .....rt (continues on back)