What is the future of recreation in Teton Valley?
Teton Valley is experiencing a surge in popularity. Can our recreation resources keep pace?
From the Teton River to trail access points to youth sports teams- all are experiencing rapid growth. However, there is very little capacity to accommodate the growth due to a lack of sufficient long-term planning and coordination. Currently there is no central organizing body to guide the growth of recreational sports and activities.
An effort is underway to help improve these areas of recreation: Coordination • Facilities • Access
We are a group of Teton Valley neighbors who are concerned about the lack of coordination creating a patchwork approach for interest groups within sports and recreation. In 2022, we formed Friends of Teton Valley Sports and Wellness to promote the goals of the Teton County Recreation and Public Access Master Plan. By working to establish a leading organization, we hope to make strides to improve recreational coordination, facilities, and access. Our first phase is all about surveying the community. Click below to learn more!
Teton Valley Parks and Recreation District
Friends of Teton Valley Sports and Wellness is working to place an initiative on the November 2024 ballot that will ask the Teton County Community if they would like to form a Recreation District.
We are proposing that the Recreation District, that would be known as the “Teton Valley Parks and Recreation District” include all of Teton County Idaho. The maximum tax rate that would be imposed upon taxable property within the district is proposed to be 0.028%.
A recreation district is organized for the uses and purposes of acquiring, providing, maintaining and operating public recreation centers, swimming facilities, pools, picnic areas, camping facilities, ball parks, handball courts, tennis courts, marine and snowmobile facilities, recreational pathways, ski areas, and golf courses and public transportation systems and facilities serving the district together with all related grounds, buildings, equipment and apparatus for the use of the residents of the district and the public generally.
What we are doing
For the next few months, we will be collecting signatures from voters who are registered in Teton County Idaho. We need around 1,600 signatures of registered voters to have the initiative placed on the ballot in November.
