After several years of discussions and planning, work on a new nature center in Colorado’s El Paso County is moving forward.
Designs for the new facility, which will most likely go up in the Fox Run Regional Park, located at 2110 Stella Drive in Colorado Springs, are expected to be completed next year.
As envisioned, the new facility will house a lobby and meeting rooms but will also be used as center promoting the ecology, woods, and natural wonders of the northern part of El Paso County.
The project has been the subject of one feasibility study completed in late 2019 by the Denver-based Altitude Land Consultants and the Tremmel Design Group of Colorado Springs.
Funds have not yet been secured for what is expected to be a $3.5 million project. Members of the El Paso County Commission could approve at least $1 million for the center’s construction later this month.
County officials have said they are particularly interested in seeing the new center built, given that two other similar facilities, the Bear Creek Nature Center in Colorado Springs and the Fountain Creek Nature Center in the town of Fountain, have been regularly overwhelmed with visitors.
If built, the center would be a part of the larger El Paso County Parks system.
By Garry Boulard
