On April 20, El Paso County held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of the Falcon Dog Park, located east of the Meridian Ranch subdivision, north of Falcon High School and adjacent to the baseball fields at Falcon Regional Park.Attendees included Tim Wolken, director of the EPC Community Services Department; Warren Dean, Great Outdoors Colorado Board of Trustees member for Congressional District 5; Mark Waller, EPC Board of County Commissioner representative for District 2; John Amen, owner of Tender Care Veterinary Center and an EPC Partner in the Park donator; Dave Ahrens, president of the Eastern Plains Chamber of Commerce; and Bob Falcone and Julia Sands de Melendez, members of the EPC Parks Advisory Board.The dog park covers about 10 acres of the overall 215-acre Falcon Regional Park and has its own entrance and parking lot off Eastonville Road. The park is entirely fenced in and includes benches, picnic tables, a walking path that loops through the property, dog waste bag dispensers and trash receptacles. GTL Development Inc. donated the property, Wolken said.A $45,000 grant from GOCO (Great Outdoors), $13,500 from El Paso County and $1,500 from the Eastern Plains chamber funded the park. Waller said completion of the space was ìtruly a community effort.îDebbie Boston, Falcon resident of 14 years, and her Great Dane, Titus, attended the grand opening. ìThis is wonderful,î Boston said. ìTitus gets to get out and run, and I get to walk and get my exercise.î
