We won. The expansion plans were officially updated to give us the space we need. Thank you for pushing this across the finish line.
August 2, 2021
Final supporters
I strongly support the inclusion of a climbing gym as part of the Teton County/Jackson Recreation Center expansion. I furthermore support a gym large enough to accommodate the community’s current and future needs.
Current plans for the Rec Center climbing gym call for ca. 7,000 to 9,000 square feet overall, which translates to ca. 5,000 to 7,000 square feet of climbing area.
Key to a gym that can serve the entire community is enough space. The Enclosure Climbing Gym, which had 700 members when it closed in 2014, had 10,000 square feet of climbing area.
Climbing's popularity has exploded since The Enclosure closed. Because it's a public facility, more people will use the Rec Center climbing gym than used The Enclosure. The Rec Center's downtown location will also attract more tourists. For these reasons, it is safe to assume the Rec Center climbing gym will have more users than The Enclosure did.
An appropriately sized Rec Center climbing gym will not only generate tourist revenue to offset Parks and Rec programming for locals. It will provide physical and mental health benefits to kids, families, search & rescue members and veteran climbers alike while creating a safe after-school venue for our youth that connects them to Jackson Hole’s legacy as the epicenter of American mountaineering.
These healthy connections will last the rest of their lives. Allocating an appropriate amount of space to the gym is essential to making this happen.
For these reasons, I urge Town of Jackson and Teton County elected officials to allocate a minimum of 10,000 to 12,000 square feet of climbing area for the Rec Center climbing gym.
Thank you for considering my support for an appropriately sized gym!
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
May 15, 2021
May 8, 2021
The feedback from local climbers shows the current design is already too small for our community. I am meeting with the planning board to present our concerns.
Reached 100 supporters
May 6, 2021
192 Comments
More room would help create an inclusive environment for people with disabilities to climb alongside everybody else. Please consider how planning for the future and for all types of people would also require more space allocation! Thank you.
In order for this facility to be inclusive for all user groups, it MUST be as large as possible. Imagine school programs, Women’s Wednesdays, youth climbing clubs, space for all. We just returned from Momentum in SLC. Wow. Room for all. Please make it big!! You will not regret this decision.
Jackson will greatly benefit from a gym properly sized for its community. Building a gym too small from the start is like buying a 9 year old a brand new pair shoes that are already to small. It just makes no sense.
With so many local climbers, the gym needs to be larger. The gym is roughly the same size as the Driggs gym, and that gym fills extremely quickly. This side of the pass has many more tourists and local population, so the gym must be bigger!
“Go big” has been an appropriate motto in and around Jackson for decades. At least 15,000’ seems apt to meet the locals’ and visitor’s swelling demands. A rock gym is a fantastic place for kids and adults alike to learn, grow and enjoy life. Please, “GO BIG!” It’s fitting for JH.
We definitely need an indoor Climbing gym in Jackson a safe place for people of all ages and abilities who can experience climbing. There are so many individuals in the area who climb as there main outdoor recreational activity.
Jackson needs a legit climbing gym.
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We won. The expansion plans were officially updated to give us the space we need. Thank you for pushing this across the finish line.
August 2, 2021
Final supporters
I strongly support the inclusion of a climbing gym as part of the Teton County/Jackson Recreation Center expansion. I furthermore support a gym large enough to accommodate the community’s current and future needs.
Current plans for the Rec Center climbing gym call for ca. 7,000 to 9,000 square feet overall, which translates to ca. 5,000 to 7,000 square feet of climbing area.
Key to a gym that can serve the entire community is enough space. The Enclosure Climbing Gym, which had 700 members when it closed in 2014, had 10,000 square feet of climbing area.
Climbing's popularity has exploded since The Enclosure closed. Because it's a public facility, more people will use the Rec Center climbing gym than used The Enclosure. The Rec Center's downtown location will also attract more tourists. For these reasons, it is safe to assume the Rec Center climbing gym will have more users than The Enclosure did.
An appropriately sized Rec Center climbing gym will not only generate tourist revenue to offset Parks and Rec programming for locals. It will provide physical and mental health benefits to kids, families, search & rescue members and veteran climbers alike while creating a safe after-school venue for our youth that connects them to Jackson Hole’s legacy as the epicenter of American mountaineering.
These healthy connections will last the rest of their lives. Allocating an appropriate amount of space to the gym is essential to making this happen.
For these reasons, I urge Town of Jackson and Teton County elected officials to allocate a minimum of 10,000 to 12,000 square feet of climbing area for the Rec Center climbing gym.
Thank you for considering my support for an appropriately sized gym!
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
May 15, 2021
May 8, 2021
The feedback from local climbers shows the current design is already too small for our community. I am meeting with the planning board to present our concerns.
Reached 100 supporters
May 6, 2021
192 Comments
I think this is the last and only chance for the climbing community to get a space big enough for there needs during the winter months (10). They will be loosing the boulder park soon due to the gondola at snow king.
More room would help create an inclusive environment for people with disabilities to climb alongside everybody else. Please consider how planning for the future and for all types of people would also require more space allocation! Thank you.
In order for this facility to be inclusive for all user groups, it MUST be as large as possible. Imagine school programs, Women’s Wednesdays, youth climbing clubs, space for all. We just returned from Momentum in SLC. Wow. Room for all. Please make it big!! You will not regret this decision.
Jackson will greatly benefit from a gym properly sized for its community. Building a gym too small from the start is like buying a 9 year old a brand new pair shoes that are already to small. It just makes no sense.
With so many local climbers, the gym needs to be larger. The gym is roughly the same size as the Driggs gym, and that gym fills extremely quickly. This side of the pass has many more tourists and local population, so the gym must be bigger!
“Go big” has been an appropriate motto in and around Jackson for decades. At least 15,000’ seems apt to meet the locals’ and visitor’s swelling demands. A rock gym is a fantastic place for kids and adults alike to learn, grow and enjoy life. Please, “GO BIG!” It’s fitting for JH.
We definitely need an indoor Climbing gym in Jackson a safe place for people of all ages and abilities who can experience climbing. There are so many individuals in the area who climb as there main outdoor recreational activity.
Jackson needs a legit climbing gym.
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I think this is the last and only chance for the climbing community to get a space big enough for there needs during the winter months (10). They will be loosing the boulder park soon due to the gondola at snow king.