Southeast Community Park advances

FORT COLLINS – Work could begin on the 54-acre Southeast Community Park near Fossil Ridge High School as early as next spring.

Craig Kisling, a landscape architect with the city of Fort Collins, said Friday that parks staff and designers are hoping to start the public development process with city planners later this month after going through a concept review in July. The ultimate goal is to have the park, at the northeast corner of Ziegler and Kechter roads, completed by summer of 2017.

The park will include a pair of baseball diamonds, two soccer/multi-use fields, restrooms, shelters, a dog park, playground,…