Monday, April 8, 2013
Maryland Heights staff members say other than potential adverse impacts on wildlife, there's no negatives to a treetop adventure course coming to Creve Coeur Park.
Though pockets of Maryland Heights residents might be opposed to a treetop adventure course in Creve Coeur Park, city staff is prepared to urge local lawmakers to green-light the project that is expected to bring zip-lines to the park's canopy. According to Maryland Heights documents, acting City Planner Michael Zeek will recommend approving a conditional use permit that would allow Go Ape to build an adventure park that could open as early as May. In late February, the St. Louis County Council approved the lease for the course to be built and operated by Go Ape—a Maryland-based company that has created similar parks inIndiana, Virginia and Maryland. However, the course still needed to clear city officials, which now appears likely. City …
Thursday, March 28, 2013
More than one month after St. Louis County Council approved a zip-line-based treetop adventure course in Creve Coeur Park, the course heads to the Maryland Heights planning and zoning for further approval.
Although the treetop adventure course at Creve Coeur Park received a stamp of approval from the St. Louis County Council, Maryland Heights officials still need to vote on it in order for the zip line-based course to proceed. The treetop adventure course will get its first public hearing April 9 at the Maryland Heights Planning and Zoning commission meeting. Go Ape, the company seeking to build the course, is requesting of a conditional use permit for the park. Also read: In late February, the St. Louis County Council approved approved the lease for the treetop adventure course to be built and operated by Go Ape—a company based in the state of Maryland—in Creve Coeur Park. Acting Maryland Heights City Planner Mike Zeek said it now comes …
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Readers and social media followers react to the new treetop adventure park that is planned for Creve Coeur Park.
Love it or hate it, a treetop adventure course is on its way to Creve Coeur Park in Maryland Heights. The St. Louis County Council approved the controversial zip-line-based course Tuesday night. Many St. Louis-area residents were unhappy about the project and more than a dozen made a last-ditch attempt to stop the project by organizing opposition during Tuesday's council meeting. The park will open in May and be built by a company called Go Ape!, a Maryland-based company that has created similar parks inIndiana, Virginia and Maryland. Most of the opponents, Fox 2 News reports, were Audubon Society members, who had concerns were about wildlife, especially birds that will be sharing the tree tops with zip liners. Just one spoke in favor of…
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
The St. Louis County Council voted to green-light a proposed treetop adventure course in Creve Coeur Park on Tuesday night. The project had come under fire by concerned citizens for its potential to harm existing wildlife and habitat.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
New treetop adventure course will be built in Creve Coeur Park by a company called Go Ape!, a Maryland-based company that has created similar parks in Indiana, Virginia and Maryland.
St. Louis County Council members approved a controversial treetop adventure course in Creve Coeur Park Tuesday night. That's according to the Twitter accounts of St. Louis Post-Dispatch's reporter Steve Giegerich and KMOX reporter Allison Blood. Many St. Louis-area residents were unhappy about the proposed zip-line-based course and made a last-ditch attempt to stop the project by organizing opposition during Tuesday's county council meeting. The park will open in May and be built by a company called Go Ape!, a Maryland-based company that has created similar parks in Indiana, Virginia and Maryland. - - - Read also: Residents React to Zip-Line Course at Creve Coeur Park - - - According to Blood's Twitter feed, the project passed on five…
Members of the St. Louis County Council will vote tonight on a proposed treetop adventure park at Creve Coeur Park in Maryland Heights tonight.
- - - Updated at 9 p.m. - - - St. Louis County Council members approved a controversial treetop adventure course in Creve Coeur Park Tuesday night. That's according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Steve Giegerich's Twitter account. Many St. Louis-area residents were unhappy about the proposed zip-line-based course and made a last-ditch attempt to stop the project by organizing opposition during Tuesday's county council meeting. The park will be built by a company called Go Ape!, a Maryland-based company that has created similar parks in Indiana, Virginia and Maryland. - - - Original story - - - St. Louis-area residents unhappy about a proposed treetop are rallying in a last-ditch attempt to stop a proposed adventure course in Creve …
Ann Learner
4:28 pm on Monday, April 8, 2013
I would like to go Zip lining, but there is already a lot going on every day in already crowded Creve Coeur Park, while other parks are under-utilized. This passed the County Council when that Council was facing budget cut for parks. (I was at the meeting and this was a big consideration) This was before the recent passage of the sales tax to benefit parks. This spot, by being near a large … more ›