{"id":17324,"date":"2022-01-26T01:30:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T01:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=17324"},"modified":"2022-01-25T21:30:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T21:30:26","slug":"warm-springs-preserve-offered-a-new-500000-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/26\/warm-springs-preserve-offered-a-new-500000-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Warm Springs Preserve Offered A New $500,000 Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

The campaign for Warm Springs Preserve received another boost with a new challenge grant. If the community can raise $665,500 more, an anonymous donor will contribute $500,000 to finish the campaign. Meeting this challenge will enable the city to purchase 65 acres of the Warm Springs Ranch property by the April 2022 deadline.<\/p>\n

Since the start of the campaign, and through the generosity of 731 donors, gifts and pledges now total $7,834,500. That total puts the city just $1,165,500 away from the full $9 million campaign goal, which includes $8 million for the purchase of the property and $1 million for a new irrigation system and essential site improvements.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe residents and visitors of this valley have gone above and beyond in their generosity toward this project,\u201d said Mayor Neil Bradshaw. \u201cWe hit a $1 million end-of-the-year challenge. I hope the momentum continues so that we can match this new significant fundraising opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month, an incentive offered by the property owner lowered the sales price of the Warm Springs Preserve by $1 million, reducing the total fundraising goal to $9 million instead of $10 million.<\/p>\n

Warm Springs Preserve will be kept as open space in perpetuity for the community if the campaign to purchase the property succeeds. Priorities for the Preserve include off-leash dog access, creek and habitat restoration, new water-conscious irrigation system, walking trails, informal gatherings and activities, Nordic ski and snowshoe trails, and public restrooms. Development, organized sports and reserved private or commercial events would be restricted.<\/p>\n

What happens if not enough money is raised to buy the land? Currently, the property is zoned to allow significant development. However, a subdivision application and approval from the city would still be required.<\/p>\n

For more information and to find ways to give, visit www.warmspringspreserve.org. If you have questions about the fundraising campaign or the city\u2019s plans for the property, email warmspringspreserve@gmail.com.<\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The campaign for Warm Springs Preserve received another boost with a new challenge grant. If the community can raise $665,500 more, an anonymous donor will contribute $500,000 to finish the campaign. Meeting this challenge will enable the city to purchase 65 acres of the Warm Springs Ranch property by the April 2022 deadline. Since the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,84,18,28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-community","7":"category-in-brief","8":"category-news","9":"category-recreation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17329,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17324\/revisions\/17329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}