Cathy Metz

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Durango names new parks and recreation director

appointee comes from Fruita with decades of experience

July 7, 2021

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Durango parks and recreation director retires after 25 years

Metz oversaw some of city’s largest projects to date

July 6, 2021

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Durango caught in circus dispute

Acrobatics business raises complaint against city employee

April 24, 2021

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Cathy Metz, director of Durango Parks and Recreation, to retire

will begin local, national search for replacement

April 5, 2021

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Lake Nighthorse recreation season sees record visitation

Saturday was last day for public visits

November 14, 2020

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Durango could spend thousands for popular pickleball courts

Specialized courts answer to community complaints

October 11, 2020

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Trespassers cause headache for neighbors along Oxbow Park and Preserve

Residents grow frustrated with people partying, ignoring closure signs

May 15, 2020

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Should Durango Parks and Recreation offer eGaming?

master plan pitches idea for large-scale, competitive video gaming

August 1, 2019

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City of Durango prunes vegetation to deter illicit activity

Hypodermic needles, among other unsanitary debris, found in bushes and shrubs

January 9, 2018

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Great Outdoors Colorado awards Durango $1.3 million for trail extension

to extend Animas River Trail north in the works for a decade

October 4, 2017

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Rotarians get parks and rec update

JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br><br>Durango- 10/12/12 – Cathy Metz has been elected president of state Parks and Recreation Association, her department is…

March 12, 2017

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Durango Council split on future of organic parks

There are eight parks managed without herbicides, but weeds are spreading through these parks like a cancer, Parks and Recreation…

October 14, 2016

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Smith Sports Complex opens near Fort Lewis College

required a $5.5 million fix

August 17, 2016

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Park bench next to sewer vent removed, destroyed

says it stinks the city didn’t salvage pew

August 3, 2016

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Sports fields at Fort Lewis to get first tryout this weekend

Sports Complex to open for soccer tournament then close for more repairs

May 6, 2016

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City Parks and Rec nationally accredited

Taylor Dean, 7, gets a workout on the indoor climbing wall at the Durango Community Recreation Center. The city’s Parks…

September 22, 2015

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Smelter Rapid’s rebirth near

Whitewater Park’s March 31 deadline closing in, but project officials hopeful

March 7, 2014