This fall, Village Greens Park at 9501 E. Union Ave. added a new way to ride and gave up much of its parking. The City of Greenwood Village scheduled the grand opening of the Village Greens pump track for Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 6 p.m. Since August, the park's north and south lots have also held about 280 parking spaces assigned to Cherry Creek High School juniors. The school district's construction schedule keeps that parking arrangement in place for years.
What the City Built
The City's event listing describes the pump track this way:
"The pump track is a compact, looped circuit featuring bumps (rollers) and banked turns (berms)... riders generate momentum through an up-and-down body motion called 'pumping,' eliminating the need to pedal or push."
The City says the track is for "riders of all ages and abilities." It calls the track "the latest enhancement to the Village Greens Mountain Bike Course" and credits an Arapahoe County Open Space Sales and Use Tax grant with paying for part of it.
The City's own budget shows how big the project was. Greenwood Village's second amended budget for 2026 has three line items for the Village Greens Pump Track: $68,069, $207,806 and $39,596. That adds up to $315,471 budgeted for the project. Council passed the ordinance on second reading on July 6, and it took effect July 15, 2026. The budget was set in midsummer, and the City scheduled the track's grand opening for late October.
Where It Fits on the Course
The pump track joins a skills course that already covers a lot of ground. AllTrails lists the Village Greens skills trail at about 2.75 miles, with more than 100 obstacles rated from beginner to black diamond. The course has two loops:
- Prairie Loop: the gentler of the two, with bypasses around its obstacles.
- Hill Loop: steeper climbs and harder features, with no bypasses, according to the same listing.
The listing also recommends protective gear and riding within your limits.
Before the pump track, the course already ranged from beginner obstacles to black-diamond lines. The track adds a compact loop for building momentum without pedaling. Getting to any of it by car means parking in the same lots the school is now using.
The Lots Now Carry Two Colors of Paint
On August 7, 2026, the Cherry Creek School District published its parking plan for the 2026–27 school year. Phase I of the Cherry Creek High rebuild has cut on-campus parking, so most seniors park on campus and juniors park off site at Village Greens Park.
The district's construction updates page explains how the park's existing lots are split:
- The existing north and south lots provide about 280 spaces for juniors.
- Student cars carry an official CCHS decal, and student spaces are lined in white.
- Spaces for park users are lined in yellow, and the district says "ample parking" remains for park visitors.
- Signs at Village Greens Park explain the split.
The same update says about 200 more junior drivers will park in a new lot on the north side of the park. The district said construction would "begin soon" and was expected to finish during first semester. Together, the two plans account for close to 480 junior drivers at Village Greens this school year.
The City has noticed the pressure too. Its October 2026 newsletter moved fall leaf drop-off at the Village Greens North Parking Lot to just three dates and offered no others, "as parking space is limited in the area due to the ongoing Cherry Creek High School Rebuild Project." Only Greenwood Village residents can use the drop-off, and contractors are excluded. Leaf drop-off is a small city service, and it is now scheduled around school parking. Pump track visits run into the same limit.
Field 10 Is Part of the Conversation
The district's September 16, 2026 update went further. It said campus construction "has substantially reduced the amount of parking" at the school, so permits have gone to seniors and juniors, and more are issued as spaces open up. The district also said it is keeping open "the possibility of transforming Field 10 in Village Greens Park into a parking lot that could accommodate additional students," and that it is talking with the City of Greenwood Village about it.
A field turned into a parking lot would be a bigger change than repainted lines. In the same update, the district said that even if it finds a short-term fix for this year, "future construction phases will have a larger impact on student parking."
If students park on residential streets near the park, the district asks people to call the Greenwood Village Police Department's non-emergency line at (303) 773-2525.
Why the Arrangement Lasts Past This School Year
The district's schedule is why the shared lots matter for the pump track's first few seasons, not only for this fall. The district's bond project overview lists these milestones:
- Phase I replaces the old West Building with new academic and athletics buildings, rebuilds the parking, adds a main campus vehicle entrance from Union Avenue, and turns the existing west Stutler Bowl lot into high school parking.
- The new West Building is expected to be finished and occupied in summer 2028. North-lot and drop-off construction is scheduled after the existing West Building comes down in fall 2028.
- The construction updates page says the new Academics Building is on track to open for the start of the 2028–29 school year. A 200-foot crane is on site, and the elevator shaft is already going up.
- Phase II would add academic and arts buildings, a pool, an expanded athletics building and more parking. It depends on a possible 2028 bond.
By that schedule, campus parking stays under pressure through at least the 2027–28 school year, and campus parking work continues into fall 2028. The pump track's grand opening was set for October 2026, so the period when it is new overlaps almost entirely with the period when its parking lots double as school overflow.
Planning a Ride Around the Paint
Here is what the published plans mean for a weekday visit to the course or the new track:
- Use the yellow spaces. The district has reserved those for park users and the white spaces for decaled student cars.
- Plan around the school year. The junior parking plan is set for 2026–27, and the district has said later construction phases will affect parking more, not less.
- Watch for news on Field 10 and the new north lot. The district has said both could change the park's layout this year. The City's newsletter and the district's construction updates page are the two places these changes are announced.
- Ask the City. Parks, Trails and Recreation handles questions about the park at [email protected] or 303-486-5773.
The pump track is one of the clearest recent examples of Greenwood Village putting money into outdoor recreation. The City's listing describes it as reflecting the City's "commitment to outdoor recreation and active lifestyles." For at least the next two school years, using it will also mean planning around the Cherry Creek High rebuild.
Long construction projects shape the routines around a home, and the people who might buy it notice them too. If you own near Village Greens Park and want to know how the Cherry Creek High rebuild schedule could affect a sale timeline, Mark Cooper can walk you through it. Request a Confidential Home Valuation.
