To: Members of the Castle Rock Water Commission
From: Mark Marlowe, P.E., Director of Castle Rock Water
Sandra Sandman, Customer Relations Program Manager
Title
2024 ColoradoScape Contest
Town Council Agenda Date: NA
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Executive Summary
Castle Rock Water is hosting the 6th annual ColoradoScape Makeover contest to give away a free $8,000 front yard landscape. The contest is being held April 1-30. To enter, residents need to create and post a 15 to 30 second video on social media by April 30. A committee selects the top 5 finalists. The finalists will be placed on the Towns social media to be voted on by the community. The video that receives the most votes will win the makeover.
Castle Rock Water’s goal is to encourage residents to transform their lawns into water-wise ColoradoScapes. Most turf lawns are Kentucky bluegrass, which is not native to Castle Rock’s high altitude, arid environment. In fact, the community pours more than 1.3 billion gallons of water on non-native grass-dense yards each summer. While having a healthy yard is important, beautiful and water-wise options exist beyond green grass, and that’s what ColoradoScape is all about.
ColoradoScape is a landscape design comprised of low to very-low water use plant material, which blends in with the native Castle Rock landscape. This landscaping utilizes a combination of hardscape and landscape materials, providing a variety of vibrant colors, textures, sizes, shapes and seasonal interest.
All entrants must be Castle Rock Water residential customers and be at least 18 years of age or older. For contest details, tips, frequently asked questions and previous winners’ front yard transformations, visit CRconserve.com/Contest <http://crconserve.com/245/ColoradoScape-Contest>.