Thornton
Parks & Recreation are a division of Thornton Parks, Recreation and Community Programs (TPRCP).
Our Mission: Lead the community through inclusive, inspiring and innovative experiences.
Our Vision: A community engaged, enriched and connected.
30 Percent Shareback to Jurisdictions (Since 2013)
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Competitive Grant Awards – Thornton
Total Grant Awards: $61,082,896.19
Total Number of Projects: 94
Closed Projects: 75
Open Projects: 19
Spring
Project: Big Dry Creek Trailhead Design & Underpass Construction
Amount Awarded: $704,088.00
Status: Open
Project: Wise Water at Brandon Place Park
Amount Awarded: $805,000.00
Status: Open
Project: Drone Pilot Program
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: Bridging the Gap
Amount Awarded: $660,000.00
Status: Open
Project: Thornton Community Center Construction
Amount Awarded: $4,266,335.00
Status: Open
Project: Dock, Lock and Barrel: Improving Thornton’s Fovorite Fishing Holes
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
Status: Open
Spring
Project: Thornton Community Center Design
Amount Awarded: $1,744,521.00
Status: Open
Project: Thornton Grounds for Inclusion: Cherrywood and Margaret Carpenter Parks
Amount Awarded: $2,000,005.00
Status: Open
Project: Electrified Handheld Grounds Maintenance Equipment
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
Status: Open
Fall
Project: Over, Under and Through: Extending the Reach of Grange Hall Creek Trail
Amount Awarded: $2,498,686.00
Status: Open
Project: Infield Dreams
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
Status: Closed
Project: Pickle and a Biscuit
Amount Awarded: $329,407.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Niver Open Space Improvements Ask (2 of 2)
Amount Awarded: $1,910,000.00
Status: Open
Project: Playground and Nature Play Rehab & installation
Amount Awarded: $1,227,500.00
Status: Open
Project: Ballfield Backstops and Baselines
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: Thornton Trails Renovation – 2024
Amount Awarded: $1,137,500.00
Status: Open
Project: Trail Winds Artificial Turf Replacement
Amount Awarded: $1,450,827.00
Status: Closed
Project: Volunteer landscape Trailer
Amount Awarded: $12,500.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Aylor Open Land
Amount Awarded: $2,902,770.00
Status: Open
Project: Trail Connections, Upgrades and Rehab 2022
Amount Awarded: $651,231.00
Status: Open
Project: Brandon Place Park Playground Swings
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: Shade the Day, Light the Night! Pavilions and Skatepark Lighting
Amount Awarded: $728,000.00
Status: Closed
Project: Tree Canopy Restoration & EAB Mitigation
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Grange Hall Creek Park Rehabilitation
Amount Awarded: $985,489.00
Status: Open
Project: Carpenter Recreation Center Renovations
Amount Awarded: $1,711,909.00
Status: Closed
Project: Stocking Fish Growth for Anglers
Amount Awarded: $5,000.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: McAllister Field/North Huron Christian Center Purchase & Stabilization
Amount Awarded: $815,400.00
Status: Closed
Project: Niver Open Space Enhancements (1 of 2)
Amount Awarded: $1,000,000.00
Status: Closed
Project: Niver Benches and Trash Receptacles
Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Stocking Thornton Fishing Lakes & Ponds
Amount Awarded: $5,000.00
Status: Closed
Project: New Park 88th Avenue & Santa Fe Drive
Amount Awarded: $824,546.00
Status: Closed
Project: Thornton Trail Access and Improvements 2020
Amount Awarded: $819,650.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: Pollinator Habitat Project
Amount Awarded: $5,000.00
Status: Closed
Project: Replacement of Active Outdoor Sports Facilities
Amount Awarded: $1,029,977.00
Status: Closed
Project: Skylake Ranch Open Land Improvements
Amount Awarded: $518,000.00
Status: Open
Spring
Project: Fish Restocking for Thornton Fishing Lakes
Amount Awarded: $5,000.00
Status: Closed
Project: Big Dry Creek Trail Missing Links Design
Amount Awarded: $282,800.00
Status: Open
Project: Woodglen Brookshire Community Park Rehabilitation
Amount Awarded: $650,908.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: Community Park Restrooms
Amount Awarded: $411,000.00
Status: Closed
Project: Thornton 2019 Trail Connections
Amount Awarded: $1,830,479.00
Status: Open
Spring
Project: Big Dry Creek Master Plan & Floodplain Restoration Pilot Project
Amount Awarded: $913,031.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: Big Dry Creek I-25 Trail Connection Construction Project
Amount Awarded: $567,428.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Park, Trail & Open Space Map Update
Amount Awarded: $2,500.00
Status: Closed
Project: Riverdale Ball Field Complex Phase I
Amount Awarded: $2,133,589.45
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: Big Dry Creek Russian Olive Tree Removal
Amount Awarded: $5,000.00
Status: Closed
Project: Thornton Community Trails & Connection
Amount Awarded: $1,420,526.00
Status: Open
Spring
Project: Adams 12 STEM Launch Niver Nature Heritage Trail Collaboration
Amount Awarded: $711.00
Status: Closed
Project: Construction of FasTracks Neighborhood Connections & Pedestrian Underpass
Amount Awarded: $1,514,139.00
Status: Closed
Project: Woodglen Brookshire Community Park Restrooms
Amount Awarded: $377,874.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Signal Ditch Park & Open Space Design Services
Amount Awarded: $83,240.74
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: Thornton Arts & Culture Center Improvements
Amount Awarded: $290,643.00
Status: Closed
Project: Trail Connections & Concrete Safety in Thornton
Amount Awarded: $620,712.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Thornton Volunteer Hand Tools & Supplies
Amount Awarded: $2,365.00
Status: Closed
Project: Thornton Trail Connections & Concrete Safety
Amount Awarded: $798,228.00
Status: Closed
Project: Thornton Restrooms and Concessions Pad at Sports Venues
Amount Awarded: $387,000.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: North Creek Farms Park
Amount Awarded: $369,343.00
Status: Closed
Project: Thornton Arts & Culture Center Landscape Campus
Amount Awarded: $222,796.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Northaven Park & greenway Rehabilitation
Amount Awarded: $565,302.00
Status: Closed
Project: Thornton Sports Complex Expansion
Amount Awarded: $497,520.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: Thornton Senior Center Renovation
Amount Awarded: $778,800.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Lamberston Lakes Master Plan Implementation
Amount Awarded: $449,245.00
Status: Closed
Project: Pecos Park Rehabilitation
Amount Awarded: $530,834.00
Status: Closed
Project: Big Dry Creek Open Space – Preservation & Protection
Amount Awarded: $145,967.00
Status: Closed
Project: Disc Golf Course Trees
Amount Awarded: $18,000.00
Status: Closed
Project: Chemical Application Sprayer
Amount Awarded: $600.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: 98th Ave & Riverdale Rd Park land Extension
Amount Awarded: $256,343.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Amphitheatre at Margaret Carpenter Site (2 of 2)
Amount Awarded: $1,876,122.00
Status: Closed
Project: Big Dry Creek Open Space at York Street & E-470
Amount Awarded: $288,548.00
Status: Closed
Project: Badding Open Space Expansion
Amount Awarded: $914,338.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: Big Dry Creek Property – North of 144th Avenue
Amount Awarded: $335,081.00
Status: Closed
Project: Brantner Gulch Regional Trail Underpass at Holly Street
Amount Awarded: $361,071.00
Status: Closed
Project: Thornton Disc Golf Course
Amount Awarded: $37,000.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Signal Ditch Park & Open Space
Amount Awarded: $2,031,752.00
Status: Closed
Project: Pedestrian Underpass-104th Avenue – Grange Hall Creek Regional Trail to Grandview Ponds
Amount Awarded: $198,138.00
Status: Closed
Project: Eastlake Heritage Trail – Lee Lateral Ditch – York Street to Colorado Blvd.
Amount Awarded: $177,030.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: Thornton Trail Winds Park & Open Space Skatepark
Amount Awarded: $150,000.00
Status: Closed
Project: Margaret Carpenter Recreation Center Community Park Improvements (1 of 2)
Amount Awarded: $1,500,000.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Community and Woodglen Parks in-line Hockey Rink
Amount Awarded: $62,500.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: Grandview Open Space Extension Acquisition
Amount Awarded: $262,500.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Recreation Center Pond/Trail
Amount Awarded: $932,821.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: EastLake Open Space Acquisition
Amount Awarded: $500,000.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Ehler Property Open Space Acquisition
Amount Awarded: $750,000.00
Status: Closed
Project: Gahagan Project Revision (2 of 2)
Amount Awarded: $350,000.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Grandview Ponds Open Space Improvement Project
Amount Awarded: $150,000.00
Status: Closed
Project: Gahagan Property Open Space Land Acquisition (1 of 2)
Amount Awarded: $200,000.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: 120th Avenue at Farmer’s Highline Canal Trail Pedestrian Underpass Project
Amount Awarded: $300,000.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Grange Hall Creek Trail Corridor Improvement Project
Amount Awarded: $471,730.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Fukaye Field Project
Amount Awarded: $100,000.00
Status: Closed
Project: Aylor Property Acquisition
Amount Awarded: $700,000.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: Gavel Lakes Fishing Facilities Project
Amount Awarded: $450,000.00
Status: Closed
Spring
Project: Open Space Acquisition at 136th & Holly Street
Amount Awarded: $333,000.00
Status: Closed
Project: Open Space Acquisition at 136th & Holly Street
Amount Awarded: $117,000.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: Open Space Acquisition at 136th & Holly Street
Amount Awarded: $400,000.00
Status: Closed
Fall
Project: Holy Cross Ballfield Project
Amount Awarded: $54,000.00
Status: Closed