{"id":8190,"date":"2012-09-24T17:07:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T23:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=8190"},"modified":"2018-01-19T10:09:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T17:09:30","slug":"parking-garageplay-field-concept-gets-regent-approval-moves-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=8190","title":{"rendered":"Parking garage\/recreation field gets regent approval, moves forward"},"content":{"rendered":"

UCCS will move forward with the construction of a 1,200-stall parking garage following the recent approval of the concept by the CU Board of Regents.<\/p>\n

But this won\u2019t be just any parking garage. What is envisioned is a five-level garage with the top level serving as an athletic field.<\/p>\n

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Rendering of future parking garage and recreation field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI think most people understand the need for parking on campus,\u201d Susan Szpyrka, senior associate vice chancellor, Administration and Finance, said. \u201cLess understood is the need for dedicated outside recreational play space. We should have 1 acre of recreation space for each 1,000 students. Right now, UCCS has none.\u201d<\/p>\n

The regents approved a program plan at their Sept. 12 meeting in Boulder, agreeing to combine the need for more parking with recreation space as concepts for planning a new garage. Other planning elements are space for 1,200 vehicles and five levels, which makes the new garage 50 percent larger than the 2004 era five-story garage near Columbine Hall.<\/p>\n