Highline State Park Redevelopment Master Plan | Loma, Colorado

overview

Based on our previous experience, our team updated a new redevelopment planning process specifically for Highline State Park. The 12-month planning process examines the fully developed, established park, identifies capital improvements, and organizes improvements into comprehensive 20-year implementation plans. Highline State Park is located near Grand Junction and includes two large lakes providing ample opportunities for water recreation activities.

The Redevelopment Master Plan provides a detailed road map to reach CPW's long-term goals. The parks' capital needs are assessed and organized in a 20-year project list. Each project is given a discrete scope of work, conceptual design, and budget. Projects are then organized into a strategic phasing plan, providing a step-by-step guide for incremental progress. The plan is resilient and flexible, providing park administrators a toolbox to guide capital improvements, budgets, and fundraising.

This Redevelopment Master Plan has made a great impact. CPW is positioned for significantly greater progress toward their long-term goals.

The Highline State Park Redevelopment Master Plan is part of the second round of a new planning process developed specifically for CPW. This plan was modeled after the pioneering Boyd Lake and Eleven Mile State Park Redevelopment Master Plans.

SCOPE OF WORK

Developed a 20-year Redevelopment Master Plan document that included detailed graphic plans of:

  • Redeveloped Secondary Park Entrance

  • New Boat Ramp and Boat Dock

  • Replaced Floating Dock/ADA Fishing Pier

  • Addressed Wave Attenuation System to reduce beach erosion

  • Added and Redesigned Campsites to meet Current Standards with Full Hook-ups and Wi-Fi

  • Expand Swim Beach with New Playground, Restrooms and Reconfigured Parking

  • Provided Non-motorized Watercraft Rentals

  • Group Picnic Facilities

  • Provided Trail Crossings and Trail Bridge

  • Expanded Wastewater Treatment and Potable Water Quality

Estimate costs from budgeting, prioritization and phasing

Financial Assessment that includes operations and generated revenue opportunities

Design Concepts is an M/WBE, SBE Landscape Architecture design firm with the City and County of Denver and a DBE under the US Department of Transportation’s Colorado Unified Certification Program (UCP).