On Tuesday, October 27, Village Greens Park will host two city events. From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Greenwood Village residents can drop off fallen leaves in the park's north parking lot, loose or bagged. At 6 p.m., the city celebrates the grand opening of a new pump track, which it calls the latest addition to the Village Greens Mountain Bike Course.

Both events depend on parking in lots that, on school days, now mostly hold juniors' cars from Cherry Creek High School. The pump track, the leaf schedule and the parking lines all follow from one fact about this park. Greenwood Village builds and programs much of what happens at Village Greens, but the city doesn't own the land. In its July update on the high school rebuild, the city stated directly that Village Greens Park is "not City-owned property." This fall, the owner needs the space.

A 2023 Grant Finally Becomes Asphalt

The track took years to arrive. On July 25, 2023, Arapahoe County commissioners approved a $225,000 Open Space grant to Greenwood Village for the Village Greens North Pump Track. The money came from the county's Open Space Sales and Use Tax, which sets aside 12% of its annual revenue for a grant program open to cities like Greenwood Village.

Four months later, the city asked for design-build proposals. The November 2023 solicitation called for an asphalt track of roughly 8,000 to 9,000 square feet at 9501 East Union Avenue. The winning firm would handle design, construction documents and turnkey construction, and the track would attach to the existing mountain bike course. The proposal window closed December 15, 2023. The public record we reviewed doesn't name the firm that got the job, the final cost, or the track's layout. Riders will learn those details on opening night.

The track joins a dirt course with a longer history. Arapahoe County's 2013 Open Spaces Community Guide covered Village Greens North when it was new: an urban-style mountain bike course alongside an 18-hole disc golf course. The guide described more than two miles of singletrack in a 90-acre park, with switchbacks, rock sections, logs, drop-offs and water crossings, plus bypasses for less experienced riders. Asphalt changes the experience. Riders build speed on a pump track by pumping their bodies through rollers and berms instead of pedaling, and a paved surface dries faster after rain or snow than singletrack does.

Whose Lot It Is on a School Day

The city's project description from November 2025 scheduled the first phase of the Cherry Creek High School rebuild to start in spring 2026 and finish in late 2028, and by August the district said Phase I was underway. The plan includes redeveloping campus parking and adding a main vehicle entrance from Union Avenue. Construction has shrunk on-campus parking. Seniors received the on-campus permits, and juniors were sent across to Village Greens.

The city's update from late July, three weeks before classes started, broke down the split by lot.

The district says student spaces are lined in white and park-user spaces in yellow. Student cars carry an official CCHS decal, and the district said signs explaining the system would go up at the park. The district's August 7 update said "ample parking" would remain for park users. By the numbers above, nearly all of that patron parking is in the north lot. That's the same lot that hosts leaf drop-off.

The district has also paid for two security positions to patrol student and staff lots on and off campus, and the school is paying for two crossing guards at busy roads.

The Field Every Update Describes Differently

The 280 spaces didn't cover every junior who asked for one. About 500 juniors requested parking, so roughly 200 started the school year without a permit. Both the city and the district have looked to Field 10, the field in the far northeast corner of Village Greens Park, to make up the gap. Their descriptions of that plan have changed over time.

• Late July, city update. Cherry Creek Schools "is building" a 198-space student lot on Field 10. Construction would start in mid-August, with the lot expected to open in late fall.
• August 7, district update. The roughly 200 remaining junior drivers will be accommodated by a new lot on the north side of the park. Construction will "begin soon" and should be finished during first semester.
• September 16, district update. The district continues "to maintain the possibility of transforming Field 10" into a lot and says it is "in conversation with the City of Greenwood Village as we explore possibilities."

So in two months the Field 10 lot went from under way to a possibility. We found no public action after September 16 that approves, starts or cancels it. Anyone who uses that corner of the park should treat its future as undecided. The same September update also looks beyond this school year: "While we may be able to reach a short-term solution that meets this year's needs, future construction phases will have a larger impact on student parking." The city's project description says a possible second phase, including more parking, depends on a bond package that could come in 2028.

The new Academics Building is also visible from Village Greens. A 200-foot crane now stands on the campus, the building's elevator shaft is rising, and crews have started pouring the foundation. The district says the building is on track to open for the 2028–29 school year.

Why Leaf Drop-Off Has Only Three Dates

The leaf program shows most clearly how the rebuild has reshaped the city's own use of the park. This fall, drop-off is open on three days only, all from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the north lot:

1. Tuesday, October 27
2. Thursday, November 5
3. Saturday, November 14

The city says drop-off isn't available on any other day because "parking space is limited in the area due to the ongoing Cherry Creek High School Rebuild Project." The service is for Greenwood Village residents only, and contractors can't use it. Residents can also bag leaves and set them out with weekly trash. Two of the three dates are weekdays during the school year. On those days, residents with trailers or truckloads of bags will share the north lot with student cars and its 57 yellow-lined spaces.

The Streets Around the Park Now Have Rules Too

The parking pressure doesn't stop at the park. On August 3, 2026, City Council passed two emergency ordinances on first and final reading. Ordinance 08-26 created a parking permit district in Village on the Lake. Ordinance 09-26 created a district covering part of Cherry Creek Village North, with boundaries shown on a map attached to the ordinance. Cherry Creek Village South already had a parking district.

According to the ordinance text, the Police Department issues free resident permits for vehicles registered at the home's address. Each household also gets three reusable visitor permits, and more are available if the household shows a need. Emergency ordinances are temporary. Both end after 180 days or when Council adopts a regular ordinance, whichever comes first. The permanent versions for both neighborhoods are scheduled for first reading at the Monday, October 19 Council meeting, eight days before the pump track opens.

The October calendar for Village Greens and the streets nearby:

Residents can follow Field 10 and later rebuild phases on the district's construction updates page or by choosing "Cherry Creek Campus Rebuild Project" in the city's NotifyMe alerts. Questions about student parking and lot construction go to the district's bond information line at 720-554-4990. For student parking problems off campus, call the Greenwood Village Police Department's non-emergency line at 303-773-2525.

The rebuild may take a field at Village Greens, and new permit rules now apply on the surrounding streets. If you're wondering how that might affect a home near Union Avenue, Ben and Erin at Rule Properties follow these changes block by block and can put them into a tailored market valuation for you.