92% of survey respondents
approve of the Pilot Hill land purchase
Learn more about the purchase and
submit your vote on the Albany County's website:
Have questions or suggestions about the purchase? Want to get involved?
We'd love to hear from you.
Check out this sneak-peak of the Pilot Hill property filmed during the Pilot Hill Classic 25K hosted by the High Plains Harriers on June 2. Landowners have supported this race for decades by granting permission for runners to access this beautiful land for this one day of the year. We're working hard to make this ~5,500 property public land. Mark your calendars for two PILOT HILL COMMUNITY ACCESS DAYS this fall, when we'll have the opportunity to show what this property and this project are all about:
Saturday, September 7, 2019
Saturday, October 5, 2019
WHAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROJECT?
The Pilot Hill committees are pursuing a state land exchange to transfer the land from private to public ownership. The land exchange would help protect Albany County’s water resources and make this land accessible to the public. We look forward to hosting the public review meetings on the proposed exchange this fall. We anticipate the final vote occurring in early 2020.
We have also raised more than $920,000 for this project from generous community members. This puts us about 60% of the way to raising the $1.5 million needed to develop the master land-use plan, and for the initial infrastructure and trail development for the property.
We are currently putting together a public process to make sure the plans for this property match what Albany County community wants. This will include working with a professional planning and design firm, and taking wildlife, cultural resource, recreation, aquifer protection, and other values into account.
Thanks everyone for your interest and support!
The Pilot Hill Classic is going on right now. Next year most of this race course could be public land!