Longmont City employees, Steve Ransweiler, Senior Project Manager, and David Bell, Director of Parks & Natural Resources, provided an overview of the city's parks, nature areas, greenways and trails. 
Longmont has 24 existing neighborhood parks with plans for the development of five more parks (Nino Gallo, Clover Meadows, Fox Meadows, West Grange and Puma Neighborhood). There are nine existing or partially developed nature areas with one future designated nature area (Ohmie). The city has ten existing or partially developed greenway corridors with many opportunities for trail extensions and trail connections. Some of the "What's Next" steps include: 8 projects in 5 years, Additional staffing opportunities, Regional trail connections and Park renewal projects. In 2007 the voters of Longmont approved an extension of the Open Space sales tax until 2034, (2 cents on every $10.) The city of Longmont has many project and goals with over 3,000 acres of Open Space to maintain in perpetuity.