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recreational facilities.The county pur- picture permanently blurry. 25 years,at which point the district will
<br /> chased the land and will continue as "We're all going to the same funding have to decide whether to maintain it as
<br /> owner under the terms of the 99-year sources, and we're kind of competing an ice arena or renovate it.it works out
<br /> lease it struck with the district against each other for those dollars,"Ins- well for us because they're providing ser-
<br /> "Like everybody else, they get ley says. vice to the community using a facility
<br /> umpteen million dollars in requests and That extends to corporate sponsor- built with private funds that we don't
<br /> only have so much money that they can ships and partnerships with for-profit have to operate or manage in the near
<br /> set aside each year for purchases,"Ins- ventures,two areas where the district is term,"explains Insley.
<br /> ley says. "It helps to have at least a being more aggressive, despite the fact Insley sees such partnerships as the
<br /> county-wide master plan so we can go to that Foothills(like park and recreation wave of the future in Jefferson County
<br /> them and say,'This is our next priority districts generally) is run on a break- and elsewhere.He mentions, for exam-
<br /> and we want to work with you on this.'" even basis.One current venture is with a ple,a 600-acre site owned by the Denver
<br /> Unfortunately, he adds, other cities group that recently built an ice arena on Water Board that has been declared a
<br /> and other special park and rec districts the park's land;in return, ownership of surplus property.
<br /> are in the same boat,making the funding the facility will shift to the park district in "It's the one site that everybody's kind
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