Flamingo Arroyo Trail Clark County Nevada | Shade Structures Construction
Project Name- Flamingo Arroyo Trail
Owner- Clark County
General Contractor- Gothic Landscape
Shade Contractor- Killer Shade
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Overview
Flamingo Arroyo Trail Ready for Dedication Artists-Designers to Attend Ceremony Sept. 25 The shade shelters, benches, signs, entry archways and other enhancements to Clark County's Flamingo Arroyo Trail are scheduled for dedication during a ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 25 at the Pecos-McLeod Trailhead where the Pecos-McLeod Interconnect crosses Emerson Avenue, just south of Desert Inn Road. The three artists who designed the trail enhancements
Kevin Berry, Barbara Grygutis and Buster Simpson, along with Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani are scheduled to speak. The artists used Paiute shade shelters and basketry as part of their inspiration for the enhancements to the trailhead and have invited representatives of the Southern Nevada Paiute tribe to bless the trail during the dedication.
The artist-designed amenities are located at the Pecos-McLeod trailhead as well as trailheads at Lamb Boulevard, Sloan Lane and a wayside site just east of the Sunrise Mountain Trailhead. Most of the designs were created in steel and will be allowed to rust. Artists also designed the trailheads' landscaping and rescued a number of large pieces of rubble from the imploded Stardust Hotel including recognizable steps from the hotel's swimming pool - to be used as seating and decoration at the Pecos-McLeod and Lamb Boulevard trailheads. The trail and amenities were entirely paid for by federal funds generated by the Southern Nevada Public Lands Act. The 11-mile trail is complete from the Sunrise Mountain Trailhead at the Clark County Wetlands to the Boulder Highway with the exception of a segment from the Vegas Valley pedestrian bridge to Desert Inn Road. The segment will begin construction in September with a projection completion set at the end of March 2011.
The short segment from Desert Inn Road to the current end of the trail at Twain Avenue, just east of Eastern Avenue, will be finished by the end of this year. For additional information on the Flamingo Arroyo Trail, call Clark County Parks and Recreation at 455-8200 or visit the web site at www.accessclarkcounty.com/parks. Clark County Parks and Recreation also can be found on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook by visiting http://tinyurl.com/l87c4l. ### Clark County is a dynamic and innovative organization dedicated to providing top-quality service with integrity, respect and accountability. With jurisdiction over the world-famous Las Vegas Strip and covering an area the size of New Jersey, Clark is thenation's 14th-largest county and provides extensive regional services to more than 2 million citizens and 42 million visitors a year. Included are the nation's 7th-busiest airport, air quality compliance, social services and the state's largest public hospital, University Medical Center. The county also provides municipal services that are traditionally provided by cities to almost 900,000 residents in the unincorporated area. Those include fire protection, roads and other public works, parks and recreation, and planning and development.