Powers Park Improvements Get Underway in January!
Powers Park temporarily fills with water after rainstorm.
Our goal to upgrade Powers Park, in coordination with the community, is achieving major milestones. Construction for Powers Park Improvements will begin in January. The last piece of funding was put in place on July 22nd when the Arapahoe County Commissioners voted to grant $600,000 of Arapahoe County Open Spaces money to Powers Park. This funding is in addition to that budgeted by South Suburban Parks and Recreation (SSPR) and the City of Littleton.
We have come a long way since SMLC first met with officials in the park to ignite interest in getting Powers Park into the Capital Improvement Programs of both SSPR and the City of Littleton. In 2021, staff of both organizations told us that SMLC would need to fund initial vision planning in order for them to consider future funding.
SMLC rose to the challenge and led the work to fund and facilitate a vision plan. Early partners included South Metro Housing Options which has built a 51-unit low-income seniors housing project on the SE corner of the park, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and a local foundation. North Littleton Promise helped guide SMLC’s outreach efforts in the surrounding neighborhoods.
Powers Park’s main purpose has been as a stormwater detention facility to minimize local flooding since the 1970s but it has had minimal park amenities. The vision plan aimed to provide more benefits to the community.
SSPR drafted the park design improvements and committed funding for the design along with the City of Littleton and Arapahoe County Open Spaces.
SMLC is most appreciative of the incredible effort of our partners to get this project off the ground and we thank the City of Littleton, SSPR and Arapahoe County for their significant funding commitments. Construction begins in January 2026.
Please check out SSPR's project page here: https://gameplan.ssprd.org/powers-park-improvement-project
Thirty for Thirty
SMLC thanks the community for its support for its inaugural tree planting program last year. We made a contribution to the City of Sheridan to help with their neighborhood tree planting efforts. We are continuing this program in 2025. Every $30 donation will benefit local tree planting efforts and support our organization. Donate today!
