Outdoor Spaces and Buildings

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Benches - The town needs benches for everyone to rest and enjoy the views

Planting Trees - Shade keeps the town and people cooler and the birds happy

Walk Audits - AFC helps identify hard to navigate sections of sidewalk in priority corridors.

Walk Audits

Since 2019, we have completed periodic walk audits of Carbondale’s designated Priority Corridors. 

  • A walk audit was the catalyst for still ongoing improvements to 8th Street.

  • Walk audits were instrumental in doubling the town’s sidewalk-maintenance budget.

  • Eighty-five percent of 2022 recommendations have been completed

COMMON HAZARDS:

  • Uplift

  • Depression

  • Overhanging branches or shrubs

  • Icy/Unplowed

Sidewalk uplift hazard

It took more than a year of cooperation between CAFCI, The Parks and Rec Department, Building Department, Life Care Centers (corporate for Heritage Park), Heritage Park residents and two generous donors.

Benches Add Mobility

Heritage Park residents told us they wanted to remain mobile but needed a bench under a shady tree to walk the trail behind their home. CAFCI volunteers walked the trail with residents and located a suitable spot. CAFCI volunteers contacted the Building and Parks and Rec Departments to enlist their cooperation.

One of our CAFCI volunteers is well versed in Universal Design. She helped our city departments create a design that would have two conversational benches and space for a wheelchair. The Town’s Building Department contacted Life Care Centers and obtained an easement on the property.

Planting Trees For Schoolchildren

Trees are friendly to people of all ages and abilities. Each Spring , we plant trees at local schools to shade the buildings and play areas, using the planting as an enjoyable opportunity to teach children about environmental stewardship. 

Tax deductible donations of any amount are welcome on our Support page. Please attach a comment indicating what your donation is for.  For more information about this project, please email Illene Pevec.