Open Space hires deputy director
Hillary Merritt, senior project manager with the Trust for Public Land’s Denver office, has been named deputy director of the Jefferson County Open Space Department. Her main responsibility will be […]
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JCOS & the Climbing Community Re-bolt North Table
From the Jefferson County Colorado Parks Insights, 10/15/2018: Rock climbers who use Jeffco Open Space Parks will be delighted to hear that on September 29, more than 40 volunteers […]
Pixie Glore, In Plein Sight® 2018
Jitterbug Fall by Pixie Glore PIXIE GLORE, INDIAN HILLS CO Beautiful contemporary landscapes and portraits done with palette knife, luscious color and lots of texture. “The world is infinite to […]
Kathleen Lanzoni, In Plein Sight® 2018
Fishing Dock by Kathleen Lanzoni KATHLEEN LANZONI, BOULDER CO Kathleen is an award-winning artist with a passion for watercolor painting. Painting in the studio as well as Plein Air (on […]
Welcome Returning Artists to In Plein Sight® 2018
On Monday, September 10th, 2018, 25 plein aire artists will descent upon Lair O’the Bear Open Space Park, in the opening act of In Plein Sight® 2018. Nine of these […]
In Plein Site Artists to Return to Jeffco Sept. 10-16
SAVE THE DATE! Experience plein air painting and celebrate the beauty of open space in the glorious fall season.
Pack It In, Pack It Out and Outdoor Ethics
Outdoor Ethics may be summed up in the phrase Leave No Trace, and in Jefferson County Open Space Parks, like all other park systems, the rules of good outdoor ethics apply. Specific […]
Jefferson Parkway Update
by Richard Sugg In July of 2015 the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) told the WestConnect Coalition Steering Committee that the proposed 10.5 mile Jefferson Parkway (JP) toll road is […]
Local Park and Nonprofit Grants
The December OSAC meeting was devoted to hearing presentations from cities, park districts, and non-profits to receive grants in 2016. The grants then were discussed during the January meeting Study […]
Coal Creek Canyon Park Expansion
On December 15, 2011 Open Space closed on the 613-acre Booth-Rogers property. The Northeast portion of the property is adjacent to the undeveloped Coal Creek Canyon Park and the South […]
