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<br />COMMUNITY FACILITIES
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<br />Jewett Golf CoorsI' to the Shook's Run ,tudy oreO. Neilher is de~igned or
<br />equipped to provide "neighborhood" fX'rk services but Memoriol Pork doe~
<br />p'ovideooncly,generol r..creotion spoce ond the neorn.." of the golf
<br />COUrse ,hould moke it unu~uolly ollroctive to the northerly Shook', Run
<br />residenh. Also, Ihe school, do provide some relief for the pork lond
<br />defidencythough they ore not ,u:'ficienlto properly IOtisfy the es loblished
<br />standards.
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<br />Community focilities con be genef'<llIy defined os 0 core of service facili~
<br />tieJ; bosic 10 the convenient funclioning of 0 neighborhoodwlthin 0 cit y.
<br />Many such services ~schools, fire protection, and parks for exomple _
<br />ore considered 10 be the responsibillty of the public sector and ore pro-
<br />vided by Ihe City of Colorado Springs for the citizens of the Shook's Run
<br />lludyarea,butcertainothersorebynoturecorllignedtoprivoteorquasi_
<br />publicrespon.ibility. Whatever the,r origin, thei$luetabeaddresred
<br />here i,the relalive quolity ondavoilobi!ity of "Community Facilltles" to
<br />the people in the neighborhoods of the Shook's Run stucly oreo.
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<br />Educotionol fodlitiesforthe Shock'l Run.tudy areo are provided by School
<br />District No. 11. The studyorea in its entirety is within the service bound-
<br />oryof Polmer High School; junior high .tudenlsore olloeoted primarily to
<br />North ond South Junior High Sehcols with 0 few going to Eo.t; elementary
<br />.tudent, ore divided omong Steele, Taylor, Garfield, Columbio, Lowell
<br />and Helen Hunt Schools (see mop p.16).
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<br />Pork ond Recreotion foell;tie.ore somewhat inconslstently provided to the
<br />inhobitontsof the Shook's Run $Iudy oreo. The "Open Spoc." element40f
<br />the PPACG planning effort - a~ o.;/opted by the City of Colorado Springs _
<br />col!sfor "Neighborhood" pork. tobe provided on the bosis of at leostone
<br />ocre per 1000 persons to be_paced so os to provide service to on ore<:! with
<br />approximately 0 half mile radius; this in oddition tolorger "Community",
<br />"Play Field", "Metrd', "Regionol"ondspeciol purpose-golf course.,
<br />orboretums -porks. By thi.stondord, only two ,egment. of the Shook'.
<br />Run oreo fall into service areos of pork~ providing "neighborhood" type
<br />facilities (see map p.16). The service are<:! rodii of Boulderond Fountain
<br />PoricsincludeapPI'(IJ<imotely70blocks, or 35%, of the Over 200 blocb
<br />encompossed by the ,rudy areO. Accesstotne porksfrom the 70 blocks
<br />served is in many Co.e~ inhiblted by the necessity of crol,ing moior, high-
<br />trafficstr.ell such oS Fountoin Ilclvlevord, Boulder Street, Plotte Avenue
<br />ond HoncocK Avenue.
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<br />WiththeexceptionofGorfield,thefutureofwhich.choolofficioisin-
<br />dicoteuncertointyoboutduetochongingresidentiolfX'ttems, allschaols
<br />in the Shook's Run areo hove been on 0 progrom of eonl1nual upgroding
<br />ondrenovotlon. Polmer High hoshod mojor oddilions and hos been sub-
<br />stontiolly rebuilt; North ond South Juniors hove undergone mojor renovo-
<br />tion; EostJunior, 0 flewer structure, ho, had a_moll addition; Steeleond
<br />(olumbio School_ ore completely new, replacing outdoted uni,,; Helen
<br />Huntond Lowell School. hove hod mojor oddilions ondToylor School, 0
<br />much newer original building, hos hada resource centerodded. All of the
<br />oboveore relatively recent projects, most having occurred in the lostf,ve
<br />years.
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<br />The PPACGreport5furtherindicot"s0 1970 deficiency ofov..r 190cres of
<br />"Neighborhood" pork lond in the centrol...ctor (roughly bounded by Fill-
<br />more Street, (irde Drive, Harrison Rood and 31st Street) of the City ond
<br />projects o growing deficiency os densities increose in thesectar.
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<br />In order to help relieve the deficiency, th.. PPACG Open Space System6
<br />proposes 0 new pork ln the northeo.terly portion of the Shook's Run study
<br />oreo, 0 stri!" pork olortg th.. ~<>uth..", ,,".,ch..\ of 5hM~'\ ~\'" ;Iself COl'neet-
<br />ingwilh Fountoil"lCreek and on "open spoce link" or troil connection olong
<br />the A. T. &. S.F ,R.R. right-of-woy north of Pike, Peak Avenue from which
<br />the tracks ore robe removed. All oppeor to be nece"aryond desiroble.
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<br />School rccords show one common problem omong mo.1 of the ,tudy oreo
<br />,chool.. Unlike .chool. in the h,ghgrowth Oreo. of the City, the Shook',
<br />Run school, or.. experiencing slowly declining enrollments. Except for
<br />bus,ing of students into most of the oreo schools, which doe. occur, the
<br />iong-term effect of.ucho trend, accarding 10 District No. 11 officiols,
<br />could be thot cerlain programs, particulorlyot the junior ondsenior h'gh
<br />levels would hove lobe curtoiled 'o..couse ofscole economies. Certoil"l
<br />specialized progroms.implywOl.lldn't iustify the e~penditure of a leocher',
<br />lime foro very smollgroupof inte'ested .Iudents. Indications ore thol the
<br />school district wQuldmuch prefer a stobilized enrollment level and would
<br />even welcome 0 certaIn amount of growth in the Shook's Run study oreo.
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<br />In the interlm, the d"ficleney isnl,ligot~ to SOme e~lenl by the cl",e
<br />proximity of Mernoriol Pork -classified 010 "M..tro" park -and Polly
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<br />School ,,",vice, th~ i~gen'''olly '''ell provided fo,;n th.. studyoreo wllh
<br />modern focililles and 1"10 overcrowding. Acee" is good to 011 units..."cept
<br />for the hozord afstudent, cro"ing major streets ond ccce" to theodmini-
<br />strotion is belferthon il"l olmo,t any otheroreo ofth.. city due to the loca-
<br />tion of the odministrctiv.. oHice<adjocent to Shook's Run itself.
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