The North Fork Pool, Park and Recreation District has been funding and managing recreational facilities in the North Fork Valley since 1994. With funding from property tax, lottery and grant writing, the NFPPRD manages and maintains amenities at Crossroads Park outside of Hotchkiss including the North Fork Pool, the Crossroads bike trails and pump track, ball fields, and soccer fields. In Paonia, the NFPPRD manages the Apple Valley Tennis/Pickleball courts and the Paonia Skate Park.
The North Fork Pool, Park and Recreation District is a Colorado Park and Recreation special district, under Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S. 32). A Special District is formed to provide a service or set of services the community desires but are not/cannot be provided by a town, county, state or federal entity. It operates under the governance of a five-person Board of Directors with formal requirements involving budgets, meetings, filings and adherence to many statutorily mandated regulations.
North Fork Recreation District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, North Fork Recreation District
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
North Fork Recreation District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.
Compliance Procedures and Reports
In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
North Fork Recreation District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.
Linked Documents and Third Parties
Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do
not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our
agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties,
we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.
